SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Meritocracy, Credentialism And Educational Inflation, Social Inequality
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Educational achievement: the learning of valuable skills and knowledge. Educational attainment: the number of years of schooling successfully completed or, for higher learning, the degrees or certificates earned. Assortative mating: marriage partners are selected so that spouses are similar on various criteria of social rank. Meritocracy: a social hierarchy in which rank corresponds to individual capacities fairly tested against a common standard. Social exclusion: achieved by creating barriers that restrict certain opportunities or positions to members of one group. Credential inflation: occurs when it takes ever more certificates or degrees to qualify for a particular job. Professionalization: occurs to the degree that certain levels and types of schooling are established as criteria for gaining access to an occupation. Cultural capital: the stock of learning and skills that increases the chance of securing a superior job. Pedagogic violence: bourdieu"s term for application by teachers of punishments intended to discourage deviation from the dominate culture.
