SOCA03Y3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12.4: Shap, Social Forces
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Mass education was established in canada in the early 1900s as a means of serving th by providing a common moral education. Postsecondary participation rates have ris several decades: 12. 2. Functionalists view schools as institutions that reflect the larger social system. Conflict theorists argue that schools sort students on the basis of social class, gende. Symbolic interactionists recognize that teachers" labelling of students influences the school. Feminist theorists examine the sexism embedded in both school texts and classroom. Anti-racists challenge teachers to be mindful of racialized texts and treatment of stu. Cultural theorists perceive education"s ability to reproduce particular class cultures. Post-structuralists focus on schools as sites of the power/knowledge nexus: 12. 3. Rising tuition rates in both arts and professional disciplines create structural barriers participation of those in the lower social classes: 12. 4. Although women"s postsecondary enrolment rates are now higher than men"s, wom concentrated in disciplines that do not lead to the highest-paying jobs: 12. 5.
