SOC101 Lecture 7: Lecture 7 Notes Complete in-depth analysis of Lecture 7 notes + Chapter 12 analysis from "Exploring Sociology"!!!!!
16 Oct 2011
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Trying to answer criticism that conflict theorists say about education: education as a system is basically operating for benefit of middle class, works in a conflict analysis to reproduce advantages > hereditary. Capital: involves any set of useable resources that we have at our disposal (profit or money) Is defined as a the set of actual usable resources and powers and exists as may types; economic, cultural, social and symbolic: can exist in objectified capital or cultural capital. Schools reinforce particular types of linguistic competence, authority patterns and types of curricula (curriculum in school are right for middle class kids, not for working class kids) For those students who already possess the needed cultural resources, school success is facilitated and academic achievement is enhanced. Over time the cultural capital can be converted to economic capital/objectified capital: finding a job after university, will know how to behave > turn cultural capital into economic capital (job)
