SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Conation, Cultural Capital, Economic Inequality
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Despite signi cance of religion for people, revised secularization thesis is right to claim that religion does not dominate life and though as it did even a contrary ago. Education not religion dominates socialization outside the family in most rich countries. Education is important as an agent of socialization. Also a central determinate of opportunities for upward mobility. We care deeply about education not because it shapes us but also because it in uences how well we do. Canadians belive txt we enjoy equal access to basic schooling. Think schools identify and sort students based on merit and e ort. Regard education system as avenue of upward mobility. Believe that brightest students are bound to succeed, whatever their economic, ethnic, racial, or religion background. Educational attainment: largely an outcome of individual taken and hard work (years of school completed) States that canadian education system responsible for sorting students used not talent and e ort.
