chapter ten Flashcards
schooled society
ways in which the education system has fundamentally changed in modern society
- davies and guppy
three main reasons Davies and Guppy theorized schooled society
- they believed there was a growth in modern schooling in Canada particularly mass enrollment in post-secondary education
- they believed schooling has become increasingly important to modern life
- the forms and functions of education are increasing and diversifying in our modern schooled society
manifest functions
the obvious and intended functions
latent functions of education
its unintended consequences
functions fall into three broad categories
- socialization of young people
- selection of people in employment
- legitimation of certain types of knowledge
curriculum
the planned interaction of pupils with instructional content, materials, resources, and processes for evaluating the attainment of educational objectives
differential expectations
parents in low-income families may have different expectations and values than high-income families
differential association
children from low-income backgrounds are less likely to have role models who are high achievers
differential preparation
students from high-income families had more opportunities for tutoring, educational trips, and books and newspapers
streaming
the practice of placing students with comparable skills or needs together
self-fulfilling prophecy
students who are told they perform poorly, in turn, perform poorly
corporatization
the restructuring or transformation of a state-owned asset or organization into a corporation.
credentialling
the practice of analyzing the credentials of an individual or organization.
cultural capital
the social assets of a person (education, intellect, style of speech, style of dress, social capital, etc.) that promote social mobility in a stratified society.
curriculum
intended to provide an understanding of the interactions and workings of societies, their institutions, organizations, and groups.
different expectations
the unwritten rules and norms that dictate how individuals should behave in different social situations.
differential association
a theory that highlights the importance of learning criminal behavior through interactions with peers, family, and other social entities.
hidden curriculum
a set of lessons “which are learned but not openly intended” to be taught in school such as the norms, values, and beliefs conveyed in both the classroom and social environment.
latent functions
an unintended consequence or outcome of an activity or social system.
legitimation
the process whereby an act, process, or ideology becomes legitimate by its attachment to norms and values within a given society
manifest functions
something that a social group or institution does that is intentional and beneficial to society
schooled society
a society that is actively created and defined by education.
selection
a concept that refers to the non-random, societal mechanism influencing people’s social and economic status.
self-fulfilling prophecy
the idea that one person’s or one group’s expectations for the behavior of others can quite unintentionally help to bring about the behavior expected of those others.
