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16 Cards in this Set
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Credentialism |
The emphasis on certificates or degrees to show that a person has a certain skill, has attained a certain level of education, or has met certain job qualifications |
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Cultural capital |
Cultural knowledge that serves (metaphorically) as currency to help one navigate a culture |
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Cultural transmission |
the way people come to learn the values, beliefs, and social norms of their culture |
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Education |
A social institution through which a society's children are taught basic academic knowledge, learning skills, and cultural norms |
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Formal Education |
the learning of academic facts and concepts |
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grade inflation |
the idea that the achievement level associated with an A today is notably lower than the achievement level associate with A-level work a few decades ago |
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hidden curriculum |
the type of nonacademic knowledge that one learns through informal learning and cultural transmission |
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informal education |
learning about cultural values, norms, and expected behaviours through participation in a society |
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social placement |
the use of education to improve one's social standing |
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sorting |
classifying students based on academic merit or potential |
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tracking |
a formalized sorting system that places students on 'tracks' (advanced, low achievers ect.) that perpetuate ineqalities |
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universal access |
the equal ability of all people to participate in an education system |
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Functionalism view on education |
Manifest and latent functions Manifest-learn to raise your hand before you speak Latent- make friends in school |
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Critical sociology view on education |
Question what our education system in Canada really looks like |
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Symbolic Interactionism view on education |
Credentialism- what label do you have? Your label has a high impact on you |
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Feminist theory on education |
Barriers to women being education- barriers to income equality |
