SOCY 122 Chapter Notes -Hypodermic Needle Model, Theodor W. Adorno, Social Reproduction

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Rob Beamish

Document Summary

Objective: -general portrait of first year students as a whole. The life experiences, expectations, and backgrounds of students entering postsecondary education to see if they"re prepared for university full and profitability. High school preparation and the expectations of university instructors. Beloit college mindset list- a collective biography of students entering postsecondary institutions each year. Also known as generation y, echo boomers, the boomlet, nexters, the nintendo. Generation, the digital generation, or the net generation. More parent involvement and comes from close small families. Can be divided into cohorts: -1960-66 baby boom. Students lack engagement with instructors, university administers, parents, and other students because they are unprepared academically and emotionally, and have difficulty charting their lives. Professors also pose questions about complex issues, questions that require time and prolonged effort to yield provisional answers. Students must also multi-task information which leads to lack of engagement.