SOC100H5 Lecture 13: 13 Education
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Merit and sorting based on talent and effort. Training to perform essential tasks for society. Socialization for proper conduct and utility in society. Transmit culture by helping people attain identity and social cohesion. Hidden curriculum: unstated, unofficial agenda of school system authorities. Norms of society, such as the value of work, respect for authority, efficient time usage. Promote social change through critical, independent thinking. Hidden curriculum: education reproduces the class system and hinders class mobility. High track: learned to analyze famous writing by famous people and learned to understand people"s different viewpoints on general ideas. Low track: to spell words you don"t know, to fill out things where you get a job. Working class: copy down and memorize instructor"s notes from the board. Middle class: reading the textbook and finding the right answer. Affluent professional: finding information on an assigned topic and writing it up in one"s own words. Executive elite: analyzing social systems and looking for strengths and weaknesses.
