SOCL 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Universal Access To Education, Standardized Test, Credentialism And Educational Inflation
Chapter 13
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Education
- Education – tasits attitudes, koledge, eliefs, alues, os, ad skills to a soiet’s
members (can be formal but also informal)
o Schooling – formal training in a classroom
- Four Significant Changes in Education and Schooling Since the 20th Century
o Universal education has expanded
o Community colleges have flourished
o Public higher education has flourished
o Student diversity has increased
- Functionalism: Education
o Cotiutes to soiet’s
▪ Stability
▪ Solidarity
▪ Well being
o Provides an opportunity for upward mobility
o Manifests (intended functions of education)
▪ Socializing agencies
▪ Transmit knowledge and culture
▪ Increases cultural integration and societal cohesion
▪ Promotes cultural innovation
▪ Benefits taxpayers
o Latent (unintended functions of education)
▪ Provides child care
▪ Matchmaking institution
▪ Decreases job competition
▪ Creates social networks
▪ Good for business
o Criticisms
▪ Overstates the economic value of a college degree
▪ The gloss oe eduatio’s dsfutios
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