SOCA02H3 Lecture Notes - Cultural Capital, Child Care, Social Control
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Canada, education is a way of life: watson + crick, decoded dna, double helix led to creation of genetic engineering countries, theoretical approaches to education, 1. Functionalism: achievements outcomes assigned in proportion to individual success in satisfying job-relevant tests of capacity) instead of. Economic barriers: prevent people from going on to post secondary education. Schooling reproduces difference in cultural capital" and thus preserves class difference (promotes inequality) In tribal societies: info knowledge is transmitted through family and tribe: knowledge society as they become more scientific and technological (more complex) the division of labour increases and school and formal education becomes more important. Example: o f hidden curriculum respect, discipline, sociability, punctuality, motivation long-range planning, hard work: university teaches you, deferred gratification, defer gratification to some point in the future (discipline) In 1956, 20% of university degrees were to women. In 1986, 58% were to women: timothy baits, tried to measure male versus female intelligence.
