SOCB26H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Social Forces, Social Inequality
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Canada is a school society, by this we mean the formal education has moved to the centre stage of social life. Modern nation increasingly reply on the education system to rationalize and justify the social order. More jobs and career paths now require educational certification, educational attainment is becoming a stronger predictor of ppl"s income and employment success. Social mobility: groups formerly excluded from positions of power, such as women and some racial minorities, are now encouraged to use schooling as a lever of upward mobility and social justice. Canadian schools are now the institution that embodies core values of equity, progress, and technical sophistication, values and associated practices that are intrinsic to modern society. Schooling plays a pivotal role in nation-building and citizenship, influencing what it means to be a citizen and whether we strongly cherish that identity. Post secondary education become more tightly connected to labour markets, more businesses encourage their employees to seek educational training.
