SOCL 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Cultural Capital, Protestant Work Ethic, University-Preparatory School
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Credential societies: employers use diplomas and degrees as sorting devices to determine who is eligible for a job. Education and industrialization: mandatory education laws: laws that require all children to attend school until a specified age or until they complete a minimum grade in school. (1918, industrialization brought formal education, making it essential to. All japanese students of the same age all over the nation cover the same material at the same speed/time, reflecting solidarity with the group. Manifest functions: positive things that people intend their actions to accomplish. Latent functions: positive consequences that people did not intend their actions to accomplish. Teaching knowledge and skills: educations most obvious manifest function we must train the next generation to fill the groups significant positions. Replacing family functions: provides child care. Accomplished by tracking: sorting students into different them to others. educational tracks or programs on the basis of their perceived abilities. Usually divided by general, college prep, and honors.
