SOC224H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: James Samuel Coleman, Blackboard
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Sociology of education introduction to the course: the video that we are watching next week paints a picture of the different types of classrooms and the different resources that schools have. The most talked about was that school resources does not effect how successful schools are. Teachers: what was found was that the impoverished families that sent their children to school was the most important. The test gap score: the gap between one group of student vs. another group of children, the gap between poor children and wealthy families have increased 40% Why do we have to learn sociological perspectives when we have our own perspective on education based on our experience? . National rates of violence, rates of violence in our culture. Compared to century ago, school now powerfully shapes of our lives, from preschool to adult learning. Library search video in blackboard (library resources sociological abstracts tutorial video. Reference & research desk in the library.
