Soci Midterm 2 Flashcards
Social reproduction
Process through which societies maintain structural continuity over time
Educational attainment
More women are attaining a university degree compared to men
Grades are related to how much your parents make
Primary school bullying
Children are the most cruel- have not developed empathy
Social. Lass and gender issues
Those with more initial education tend to be more likely to participate in continuing education
Historical growth
Educational expansion for the knowledge economy or credential inflation in a neo-liberal age
Prose literacy
Is defined as the knowledge and skills needed to understand and use information from text such as news stories, editorials, poems, and fiction
Levels from 1-5
Schooling is organized
- Standardization
- Conformity
- Compliance
Friendships could be viewed as a form of
Social capital
Weak ties
Loose and remote student friendships
Strong ties
Intimate and close friendships
Binding social capital
Reworks between people with similar characteristics
Predominant intra class friendships
Bridging social capital
The links between people with different characteristics or form different associations and communities
exceptional (inter class friendships)
Methods
Social-graphs
In depth semi structured individual interviews
Focus groups
Compels it’s and irreducibility of friendships
Respond to agency of the students
Makes a difference on who is in your group
The contribution of schooling contributes to processes of
Personality formation
Hidden curriculum
Understandings that students develop as a result of their day to day experiences within an educational setting
Concept of individualizations
The process through which people become socialized into seeing themselves as autonomous individuals rather than with reference to the social relations which they are part
Subtle ways of regulation
Recognition of certain kinds of knowledge and experiences as valid and the denial of alternative forms of understanding
4 important types of practices structure the regulation of the educational experience
- streaming
- Official knowledge
- Hegemony
- Silencing
Streaming
Practice through which students are placed into different programs, or groups based on their abilities, aptitude’s, interests and needs