SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Academic Conference, Hidden Curriculum, Visible Minority
3 Dec 2013
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Selection: constantly sorting people based on abilities to make sure students make it to university and the workforce. The smartest/hardest working kids are channeled into university and lead to the elite professions. This can be seen in high school through the different streams of preparing for university or preparing for direct labour entry. Contest mobility high school prepares students for university (in. Other countries do sponsored mobility where students are given standardized tests that determine which high school they can go to, therefore your future is determined by the age of 14. Emilie durkheim says as society becomes increasingly secular, schools increasingly took on the function of moral education. Values that schools teach are equality, everyone has rights. Meritocracy: awards are given to kids who are hard working. Teach us values: civil liberty, social justice, and tolerance for diversity. As education rises, students are more likely to have these values: conflict theorists.
