SOCIOL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Residential Segregation In The United States, Credentialism And Educational Inflation, Pierre Bourdieu
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Disparity on a number of educational measures between the performance of groups of students. Income is primary variable in hindering reduction of achievement gap. Emotional intelligence: the ability to identify, assess, and control the emotions of oneself or. Iq (intelligence quotient): a score attained on tests of symbolic or reasoning abilities. Sociologists are skeptical that intelligence can be determined by these tests; also affected others by socioeconomic status. Includes the planned programs and formal objectives of schools. The content of education creates and promotes a shared culture. Specific skills and knowledge are less relevant than the diploma itself. The primary social function of education derives from the need for a degree. Even in cases where work has nothing to do with one"s education. Traits of behavior or attitudes that are learned at school but not included in the formal curriculum. Suggests that students from different backgrounds are provided different types of education.
