Sociology SOC-R 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Homeschooling, Human Capital, Hidden Curriculum

• School: IUPUI
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology SOC-R 100
• Professor: Brian Steensland

Document Summary

,000: lifetime economic benefit of a college degree. Human capital (skills and knowledge that are formally taught and that are formally tested; Credentials (like a degree; something that makes you look smart) Ex. classes that help better understand the career. Socialization (teaching norms and values) you"re aiming for. Usually families that are in broader communities and opted out; sometimes christians who want to focus on religion. Left leaning liberals, they think that schools just teach them more, more, more! and want to educate them of something else. Class size (smaller classes tend to do better than larger classes) They expect a lot, have high expectations (more often than not, students hit those expectations. Teachers with low expectations often set a low bar and students make it just over the low bar rather than hitting a higher one. If you are put with higher achieving, higher aptitude peers than yourself, then you will improve your game than you would have otherwise.