SOCB26H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: John Dewey, Deconstruction, Credentialism And Educational Inflation
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Schools are the engine room of the economy: school is where job skills are created (the best paid ppl are the best educated) education does pay off. Investing in education allows societies to ultimately be competitive in a global market. We have way more high school and uni graduates than we need to fill high school jobs. 14. 7% of ppl have a uni/ high school degree are unemployed. Many graduates are over qualified for the job (doesn"t need knowledge of philosophy to work at the bay) and therefore suffer from unemployment. A weak relationship between grades and occupational attainment and performance. We don"t retain much of what we learn in school after the last exam is over. They are underemployed: they can do the jobs without touching on what they learned in school.
