ENEE 245 Midterm: Midterm No Solutions Spring 2008
14 Mar 2019
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Exam 3 sociology study guide. The sociology of education (ch. Sponsorship vs. contest mobility: sponsorship: Current members of the elite either directly or through agents recruit individuals to be inducted into high status groups: contest: What is the concept of credentialing? : Grades don"t matter as much as diploma. It makes a college degree/professional degree a necessary step in my life trajectory, not an optional one. Transmits cultural shared beliefs and values. Socializes young pple into values of achievement, competition, and equality of opportunity. Some schools have more resources & use them to maintain power over others. Whether the school is inherently necessary to socialize children, or simply another way in which people are competing. Weber identifies two contradictory characteristics of the education system: how do these characteristics conflict with one another, meritocracy- . Power should be vested in individuals according to merit. Advancement is based on perceived intellectual talent: social closure- .
