SOC 3340 Lecture Notes - Social Inequality, Health Equity
4 Nov 2013
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Education as the great equalizer is fading rapidly. Education provided opportunities for the disadvantaged, but not so today. Canadians worry that education alone wont be the great equalizer in the future importance of education. Education shapes our future biographies and life courses according to davies and. Education plays a pivotal role in nation building and citizenship critical thinking. Try to relate the various concepts and theories that you come across in your weekly readings to your own selected topic. Schooled society" how schools relate to society: 3 roles: schools socialize youngsters. Schools prepare new adults for generational succession. Schooling is about passing along know-how changes in schools. Changes in schools reflect changes in society. Earlier, schools focused on values and virtues. Schools established moral codes school policy today. Schools emphasize the teaching of technical knowledge and skills. Students have less time for history, music, english, other languages, etc.
