SOCIOL 3AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Concerted Cultivation, Cultural Capital, Meritocracy
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Module 2: invisible inequality: social class and childrearing in black and white families. Wednesday, october 7, 2015. Quiz 2 will go online on friday and saturday. Explanation of class-based differences in educational achievement ( jay macleod) a. Gintis and bowles, schooling in capitalist american (1976,2011) i. Argue that the educational system mirrors the needs of an industrial capitalist society. Middle class schools produce the academically trained workers for highly skilled positions( e. g. management, r&d) Working class schools produce a compliant labour force, used to subordinate positions ii. iii. iv. b. c. Can make arguments in addition to mastery of content. Encouraged to explore own interests, learn at own pace. Prepared for positions of leadership within organizations iii. iv. v. School funds come primarily from state and local property taxes- not the federal government. Poorer communities have lower property values and thus have less property tax income to invest in schools.
