Slide 3- Education Flashcards
What is an example of a primary socialization agent
families
What is an example of a secondary socialization agent
teachers
What are the three interrelated factors that are important in the growth of education
- Overall expansion of educational requirements and opportunities - we need degrees for jobs we didn’t need to before
- Increasing levels of educational attainment - Canadians are getting more education
- Recent emphasis on the selection of highly educated immigrants
How does Emile Durkheim (structural functionalism) see education
We are not simply teaching education (math/science) but we are establishing a value system where we socialize children - sharing with others, our attitudes
Talcott Person is under structural functionalism - what are the 2 central functions of school
1.Selection - teach children essential skills they need to become the essential role/worker
- Socialization
How does education reinforce societal norms according to structural functionalism
- Independence - acting without supervision/ doing hw on ur own
- Achievement - desire for excellence:honours
- Universalism - Impartial treatment
3.specificity - Focuse on persona characteristics
What is the human capital theory
Education is a tool for developing human capacities to advance economic productivity
How would critical theorist view education
Education functions to stratify people: people with more education have more statues
Not everyone has access to education
What is the risk that comes with corporate donations/ sponsorship when it comes to building education
It promotes inequality through commercializations and marketization - Ex. Bridge company was able to profit from peoples lack of access to good education
What is the Pygmalion effect
High expectations lead to improved performance in given area
How do symbolic theories view education
How schooling contributes to development of personality and identity
- Pygmalion effect
What are the 4 mediating factors of Pygmalion effect in the classroom
- Climate Factor
- Input Factor
- Response- Opportunity Factor
- Feedback factor
What are feminist theories have to say about women in education
Women outnumber males in education participation rates - but why are they under reps enter in STEM
How is social reproduction of class and other equalities practiced in education
- Hidden school cost affect classes differently
- Hidden curriculum transmit subtle norms - girls are more likely to be asked by teachers to help with chores in classroom
- Streaming benefit students who occupy position of privilege- - schools are known to identify students who will do well in uni, those won’t will be encourage them down different pathEx. steaming students into home economics and out the main classroom so those left get better education
4 Credentialism - Linked to social class privilege - higher education, better jobs, very expensive
- Cultural Capital of students is stratified - ‘more money in school districts = better education
- Educational segregation - separates schools for children with disabilities
What are some findings between race/ethnicity and educational achievement
Children who speak more then one language at home and at school tend to do very well
Children of immigrants success depends on quality of school and their friends doing well in school
