Education - week 16

Question 1

Education

Answer 1

a formal process of learning in which some people teach while others adopt the role of a learner

Question 2

A SCHOOLED SOCIETY (Davies & Guppy 2018)

Answer 2

1. Growth in modern schooling – mass post-secondary enrolment in Canada
   → uptake to education is on the rise
   → half of high school graduates attend university or college
2. Schooling has become integral to modern life
   → better career opportunities, insulation against unemployment or poverty, produce a skilled labour force
3. The forms and functions of education are increasing and diversifying
   → relied on for physical education, media literacy, substance awareness, the environment, sex education, etc
   → responsible for all kinds of aspects of our lives

Question 3

CREDENTIALISM

Answer 3

• An increase in the lowest level of education required to enter a particular field of employment
  → going to university to get a good job
  → rise of credentialism = rise in overqualification

Question 4

STREAMING/TRACKING - Conflict theorists

Answer 4

• the practice of putting people in certain curriculum ‘streams’ based on test scores
  → allows students to advance academically in accordance with their abilities

Question 5

Interactionists on education: THE PYGMALION EFFECT

Answer 5

• The expectations that teachers have of their students inevitably affect the ways that teachers interact with them, which ultimately leads to changes in the student’s behaviour and attitude
• if your teacher thinks you are smart you internalize that and perform better and vice versa

Question 6

BHOPAL 2020

Answer 6

• single axis of oppression - not looking at obstacles faced by women of colour
• lack of intersectional approaches

Question 7

functionalists on education

Answer 7

• How does education maintain social order? By…
  1. Transmitting culture
  → teach children existing values, norms, and respect for institutions

2. Promoting social integration
   → brings students together to form connections
   → integrates students into broader society - outside of home life and nuclear family

Question 8

Conflict theorists on education

Answer 8

• Educational institutions can perpetuate inequality
• Education creates unequal opportunity
• Schools tend to preserve social class inequalities in each new generation

Question 9

Feminists on education

Answer 9

• argue that the educational system has long been characterized by the discriminatory treatment of women
• sexism in education – stereotyping, pressure to prepare for “women’s work”, unequal funding for athletic programming, etc.