Chapter 12 Education Flashcards

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Institution of Education

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Set of ideas about education, how it can be used to accomplish goals deemed important to society.

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Stephen Schecter

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Ryerson’s public education model, not simply for social order, but procured social control.

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Public Education

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Reinforced class divisions to discipline working class

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Human Capital Thesis

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Humans invest in schools to enhance knowledge and skills of workers. Marginalized groups earn less than dominant groups-they possess less human capital.

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Jeannie Oakes

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Cultural Reproduction Theory: Tracking-process of categorization of students so they can be assigned in groups to various kinds of classes. Perceived ability is reflected through race, class, and ethnicity.

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Low Track Education

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Lower level of education, more discipline, less learning, absence of social skills, more willing to be controlled and conform to the needs of the workplace.

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Legitimization of Inequality

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To what extent students accept differential tracking placement.

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Michel Foucault-Docile Body

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Group that has been conditioned to behave precisely how administrators want. 3 forms.

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3 Forms of Docile Body

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  1. Hierarchical Observation-People are controlled through observation and surveillance
  2. Normalizing Judgements- Individuals are judged not on rightness or wrongness of actions, but on how their actions rank when compared to performance of others.
  3. The examination-Combines 1 and 2. Norms are formulated based on observations of test scores.
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Reproduction of social structure

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Education system helps children maintain their class when they grow up.

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Jean Anyon

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Ethnographic study of 5 elementary schools in New Jersey. 2 were working class.

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Meritocratic

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Academic performance reflects natural ability and system provides mobility for lower class/minoritized who work hard to succeed. Translates privilege into hardwork.

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Disqualified Knowledge

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Knowledges disqualified as inadequet to their task- Indigenous writers not scientific or objective enough for sociology books.

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Credentialism

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Practice of valuing degrees and diplomas over actual knowledge and ability when hiring or promoting.

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Adjunct Professors

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Experienced instructor, who because of seniority, is first in line to take courses full time instructors can’t or won’t take. Pay is lower than full time instructors, jobs are competitive.

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Commodification of education

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Boosting revenue is the main objective, education experience into discrete, saleable things.

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Alienation

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Separation between people and the work they are paid to do.

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Intellectual Property

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Course material taken out of original instructors possession.

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Instrumental vs Critical Education

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Limited set of tasks vs analysis of ideas and classroom discussions.

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Social Distance

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How well you know your instructors lowers your probability of plagiarising.

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Mass Education

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Didn’t exist prior to industrial revolution-reserved for elite. Uneducated population is easily controlled.

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Post 1970s contraction

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Less public money/funding on services caused increase in tuition cost.

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Funding Clawbacks

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Education is a privilege, you must pay for. Uofc Revenu was 1.3 billion in 2017. 17% of that comes from tuition.

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1972 vs 2017

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400$ to attend uofc for the year vs 5749$-we pay for 1/3 of the actual education fees. (subsidization)