SOCB26H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Ob River, Relate
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Chapter 1: t h i nk i ng sociologically about t he schooled. Schooled socie ty: formal education moved to centre stage of social life over the past century. Canada relies on the education system to rationalize and justify the social order. Demand for formal education partly stems from its rising power to shape lives. Schooling has become the major route for social mobility. Social mob i l i ty: the ability of individuals to move up (or down) in a society conceived as a finely gradated hierarchy. Minorities encouraged to use schooling as a lever of upward mobility and social justice. School aka great equalizer provide opportunities to the disadvantaged. Education shapes the organization of society (e. g. nation building and citizenship, classifies and regulates who works where, creating specialized roles, big organizations - job training and certificate programs) Many social problems are seen to have educational solutions. The art of applying science to study society.
