SOC224H5 Lecture 1: Lecture 1-7th September, 2016
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School experiences are different for everybody regardless of environment. Some inequalities exist in varying environments (varying in school resources -> breakfast programs, class sizes, class trips, etc. ) Sociology of education seeks to broaden and link these educational inequalities to social inequalities. Differences include -> crucifix on wall (religious), laptops (technology accessible to students), classroom size, uniforms (signifies religious or elite school), desk configurations (circle vs. clusters) How teachers have desks set up indicates how they see themselves as teachers and students as learners. James coleman asked by us government to do research on school resources needed to level playing field. Us government was thinking about race aware that host school segregation white and black children were experiences education different and having different outcomes. Findings significant (one we still talk about) findings demonstrated school resources matter very little when you have students coming from different kinds of neighborhoods.
