SOC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Critical Pedagogy, Meritocracy
25 Oct 2016
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Sociology 215 lecture 9 schools and education. Lecture: education is legally compulsory in the united states until age 16. Educated citizens make better voters and defenders of democracy. Keeping children in school prevents child labor. Education is a way out of poverty a person gets an education and then gets a good job. Public schools are set up to teach poor and working class youth how to obey, not how to think. Funding public schools based on property taxes creates and supports inequalities between rich and poor. Meritocracy is a myth in an unjust society. Nanette davis schooling in an unjust society: dr. nanette davis earned her phd at michigan state university and taught for many years at western washington university, employers and social elites. Seek to use public schools for the reproduction of compliant workers: parents, students, workers" organization, african americans, latinos, women, and other.
