E Flashcards
Multi-level models
a neighborhood with characteristics like formal institutions and informal institutions (family) which leads to mobility change; each level of neighborhoods, formal institutions, individual, and informal institutions play a hand in mobility change
Hidden Curriculum
Example
Non-academic and less overt socialization functions of schooling (manifest vs latent functions)
Lessons that are learned but not originally supposed to be taught but are found in school and social interactions.
Ex. friendship, honesty, work ethics
Coleman Report (1966)
Resource differences between schools don’t explain differential educational performance; this is a function of parental background and peers
Cultural Capital (Bourdieu) and the 3 forms of cultural capital
The social assets of a person that promote social mobility
Embodied, Objectified, Institutionalized; (these are the 3 forms of cultural capital)
Embodied (taste or form of knowledge u displayed through your body like your manner of speaking or walking)
Objected (invested in some object, like piece of art or film),
Institutionalized (a whole insulation can be set up to disadvantage a whole group of people over another, college admissions)
What are the two Mechanism to account for group differences in educational achievement:
Stereotype threat and (partenal) resource dilution model
Stereotype threat (students from stigamed groups think that others hold stereotypes towards them, so they avoid playing into those stereotypes)
(Parental) Resource Dilution Model (family size, the large a family is the more paternal resources are spread across the kids, so the less advantage a kid has)
Social Capital
the information, knowledge of people or things, and connections that help individuals enter, gain power in, or otherwise leverage social networks.
TRACKING
a way of dividing students into different classes by ability or future plans.
CREDENTIALISM
an overemphasis on credentials (e.g., college degrees) for signaling social status or qualifications for a job.
Functionalist vs conflict perspectives; a society that puts a lot of emphasis on education credentials
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
a set of policies that grant preferential treatment to a number of particular subgroups within the population—typically, women and historically disadvantaged racial minorities.
STEREOTYPE THREAT
when members of a negatively stereotyped group are placed in a situation where they fear they may confirm those stereotypes.
What is the difference between social capital and cultural capital?
Social capital is who you know that can help you gain economic resources by being apart of network of social relationships
While
Cultural capital is those soft things that show where you come from (the way you talk, ur taste, how you dress) that help social mobility
What are the dimensions of power and what are the 3 ways of dimensions of power?
Are the different ways people can demonstrate power over others
One way - is dominating another power through force (using military),
2nd way- when a country recognizes another country to be so strong, that they just give in
3rd way-get the other party to do what you want without them realizing they are doing what you want.
Mobility and what are the 2 types?
Mobility- how you can move
2 types of mobility (mobility can go up or down, you can do better or worse);
there is also how far you moved- short range mobility (from poor to middle class) and long range mobility (From poor to 1%, jumping a lot of rows)
First type of mobility
1- mobility over your lifetime (where did you start out and where did you end up in your lifetime- measuring income as an example
2nd type of mobility
international mobility- tracing out patterns of mobility in families- it doesn’t always happen across a lifetime, they can happen over 2 or 3 generations
