Inequalities in Education Part 2 Flashcards
Women are now more educated than men, but what fields do men still dominate
Men still dominate trades and Stem
What are barriers to girls education and why are boys in developing countries more likely to attain education
Even though in many countries education is free, cost of supplies are still expensive and girls cant afford to go, in developing countries families would much rather pay for their boy to go and get educated and have their daughter stay at home helping around the house
Education is the primary means of what for women
Female empowerment
In developingn countries we need to improve what in regards to womens education
Access.
True or false, visible minorities and recent immigrants are more educated than the general canadian population
True
Despite having higher education, what do immigrants experience
larger gaps between educational attainement and their occupation
higher rates of underemployment
there is racism in educational credentials= so where you received it form
What was US COLEMANS report
First study to evaluate schooling programs fr unequal academic opportunities and outcomes
What did US COLEMANS Report argue
Spending per pupil, teaching experiene, and number of book in linbraries did not contribute to student achievement as much as students SES did
According to his report what was the number affectant of academic achievement, but what is accepted today?
Poverty however now the school an dpoverty itself can be blamed and accepted as main affectants of educational attainment
What was David Johnsons study?
Economic poverty may be less pivotal for schools and students than the coleman report claimed
David Johnson argued about what makes a good school?
Good schools can be found in any neighbourhood/
it is effective teachers that make a difference and bad teachers can also have adverse impact (pygmalion effect)
atmosphere needs to have clear rules for student behavuour that is enforced by school officials
What is the pygmalion Effect? WHO CREATED IT
Rosenthal and Jacobsen created it
Argued that teachers expectations about a student influence said students performance
negative expectations lead to negative academic performances
Pygmalion desrives from what and what are they
Self Fullfilling Propehecy= A prediction that causes itself to become true
Looking glass self= the process where in individuals base their sense of self on how they believe others view them, people base their own worh tvalues and behaviours on how they believe they are perceived
What is Credentialism/Educational Inflation
Process that gives class advantage and social status to people who possess academic advantage
What did randall Collins argue about contemporary schools
Over educating students, educating them beyond the needs of society and society cannot accomodate all the educated people in society
