SOCIOL 3AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Cultural Capital, Peer Group, Social Inequality
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School site were socially valued cultural capital -> superior academic performance -> economic capital/acquisition of superior jobs. Each social class - disseminates specific cultural capital. And depreciates cultural capital of lower classes. Differential academic achievement is retranslated back into economic wealth. Schools legitimates this process by making social hierarchies and the reproduction of those hierarchies -- and converts them into academic hierarchies. Structure of schooling bc it highly regards upper-class cultural capital -promotes belief among working-class students that they are unlikely to achieve academic success. > connection between effort and reward gets taken for granted. Group solidarity-> all members must display serious commitment to the group. Accept dominant culture- subscribe to normative values wrt success. Dependent on perception of capabilities and available opportunities. Work isn"t essential -> bc there"s some don"t think they have a future. When asked to speculate on 20 years from now. Dead tom take life say by day. Work never will be engaging or rewarding.
