SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Pierre Bourdieu, Social Inequality, Cultural Capital
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Quebec children of immigrants are required to receive primary and secondary schooling in french. Homogeneity is achieved by enforcing common standards that serve as cultural common denominators. Education systems has displaced organized religion as the main purveyor of formal knowledge, and it is second in importance only to the family as an agent of socialization. Universal mass education is a recent phenomenon and is limited to relatively wealthy countries. Replacing these forms of instruction with a centralized and rationalized system created strong pressure towards uniformity and standardization. Diversity among families, regions, and religious traditions gradually gave. 19th century the provinces recognized school systems for catholics and way to homogenized indoctrination into a common culture. Effective mass education was only achieved through laws that made attendance compulsory. Sociologist distinguish educational attainment from education achievement. Educational achievement: the learning of valuable skills and knowledge: grades reflect achievement.
