SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes -Assortative Mating, Social Inequality, Cultural Capital
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Allophones : people with neither english nor french background. Educational achievement: learning of valuable skills and knowledge; in principle reflected in grades. Educational attainment: number of years of schooling completed or degrees earned. Spread of mass schooling: development of printing press, protestant reformation, spread of democracy and industrialism. Education achievement and attainment are rising in canada and it is both a cause and effect of national wealth (education is not only a source of wealth, it is also a product of wealth). Symbolic interactionist: emphasizes that hidden curriculum, testing and tracking, and self- fulfilling prophecies (social mechanisms) operate to reproduce inequality: hidden curriculum: in school teaches obedience to authority and conformity to cultural norms. Restricts the educational success of less advantaged students: testing and tracking: assignment of students to specific courses and educational programs based on their test scores, previous grades, or both; disadvantages underprivileged students.