SOC224H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: James Samuel Coleman, Relate
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There exists all different kinds of school environments different materials and sources available, different classes, different programs, etc. One of the major dimensions in the sociology of education is to examine inequalities in students" school experiences, their opportunities, and their outcomes. Sociology of education also looks at how schools are organized streaming/tracking students into college or university based on their course levels. During time of civil rights movement, racism. Assumption that any inequalities in outcomes were because of differences in the schools themselves; fix the schools and the outcomes will improve. Most important finding/takeaway were the results that demonstrated that school resources actually mattered very little when it came to the outcomes of students; it wasn"t about the school (not about teachers, cash, etc. ); very little things you could change about the school that would actually make a difference in student outcomes.
