Sociology 1027A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cultural Reproduction, Cultural Capital, Relative Risk
7 Mar 2016
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Legitimizing knowledge (what people think is important to know) 64 percent of people between ages 25-64 have a college or university degree. In 2012, university enrolment stood at 1. 9 million functionalist view: modern school system should . Teach skills needed in a modern society and economy. Create a custodial and surveillance system for children. Access to resources, teacher expectations, individual choices, curriculum. Eurocentrism, minority status, ethnocentric schooling, colonial legacies. In most sociological research, class is measured by: In most educational research, parental education is seen as the most reliable measure of class. Simple binary measure of no univ. degree vs. univ. degree. 1985: academic stream is dominated by students with parents who received university degree. No empirical evidence to explain magnitude of effects. What and how we learn; for what we are qualified (e. g. university vs. applied streams) Students learn better: at same rate; with similar knowledge. Learning outcomes: bright students not held back; slower learners not overwhelmed.
