SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: John Taylor Gatto, The Hidden Curriculum, Credentialism And Educational Inflation
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1920 - compulsory schooling to grade 8 in most provinces. High school drop-outs as a percentage of all 20-24-year-olds, canada, 1990-1991 to 2004-2005: goal of the early education system. Socialization: of immigrants and native peoples into canadian way of life and values, of children in general to learn values of self-discipline and patriotism in addition to the 3 rs. Over time canada became an increasingly credentialed society. Chart: university student enrolment in ontario over time: what drives credential inflation, functionalist perspective. Theoretical perspectives: schools characterized by formal and informal curriculums both of which fill important manifest and latent functions. Transmission of cultural values and social integration into mainstream culture. Gatekeeping through tracking: conflict perspective, education system based on knowledge and culture of the upper classes and the norms it promotes serve their interests, education is a means of social control. This is accomplished through: the hidden curriculum which teaches children to:
