SOCB26H3 Chapter 5: chapter 5
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Chapter 5: the structural transformation of schooling: accommodation, competition and. Prior to world war ii, post-secondary education was considered a waste of time, now it is seen as a necessity. Students face an intensifying competition in seeking entry to more desirable sectors of education: third, these crosscutting pressures (inclusion vs. contest) are altering forms of stratification in canadian education. While k-12schools have long sorted students for different futures, more of that selection process is moving upwards into higher education. One of the fundamental roles performed by schools is social selection-assigning badges of ability. Stratification refers to structuring different programs or institutions as higher or. Lower than one another, and linking that hierarchy to better or worse opportunities in advanced levels of education or in job markets. Links between school attainment and life chances appear to be strengthening in canada. Tradition form of educational stratification in high schools has been known as. Streaming in canada and tracking in the united states.
