SSCI 1300- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 16 pages long!)
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Fairly new social system/ institution (compared to religion, politics or the economy: education is treated as a strategy for, social mobility: the movement of individuals/ social groups between different positions within a stratification system. Social mobility often measured in terms of wealth/income. Intergenerational: the amount of movement in terms of income across generations. Intragenerational: the amount of movement in terms of income across one person"s lifetime: but edu(cid:272)atio(cid:374) is (cid:374)ot a(cid:374) e(cid:395)ual p(cid:396)o(cid:272)ess. So(cid:272)ial i(cid:374)e(cid:395)ualit(cid:455) e(cid:373)(cid:271)edded i(cid:374) e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)es of s(cid:272)hooli(cid:374)g: concerns about access into education, concerns about quality of education, concerns about how "success" is measured, concerns about barriers to student learning. Structural functionalism: manifest functions (intended, transmission of knowledge, academic skills, socialization, dq: think about your elementary schooling experience, how did that schooling experience socialize you into broader society, modern/ cultural values, elementary or high school national anthem. Symbolic interactionism (individual level: through individual level practice, label and identify students.
