SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Hidden Curriculum, Siq, Visible Minority

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 1A06
• Professor: Sandra Colavecchia

Document Summary

Examines functions of educational institutions (i. e. selection, socialization). We sort you on the basis of your ability. Contest mobility--> which is what we have in this country (most students attend high school which will prepare them for college/university) Sponsored mobility--> many other countries around the world ( given standardized tests that dictate which high school/university you go to) As people are moving away from religion its because of education. The hidden curriculum--> not the formal curriciulum taught, but rather all the other stuff learned by going to school. Schools reward the best student, which is in terms of a persons background. Says that education supports capitalism, as schools teach us to accept inequality and to accept the social order and not to challenge it. Schools reproduce class based inequalities as students who come from more marginalized background end up becoming more streamed into lower educational type of streams".