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Chapter 16 sociology education

Terms in this set (17)

Credentialsim
The emphasis on certificates or degrees to show That a person has a certain skill has attained a certain level of education or has most met certain job qualifications
cultural capital
cultural knowledge that serves (metaphorically) as currency to help one navigate a culture
cultural transmission
the way people come to learn the values, beliefs, and social norms of their culture
education
the social institution through which society provides its members with important knowledge, including basic facts, job skills, and cultural norms and values
formal education
The learning of academic facts and concepts
grade inflation
the idea that the achievement level associated with an A today is notably lower than the achievement level associated with A-level work a few decades ago
Headstart program
a federal program that provides academically focused preschool to students of low socioeconomic status
hidden curriculum
The type of non-academic knowledge that people Learn through informal learning and cultural transmission
Informal education
education that involves learning about cultural values, norms, and expected behaviors through participation in a society
No Child Left Behind Act (2001)
An act that requires state to test students in prescribed grades and with results of those test determining eligibility to receive federal funding
social placement
the use of education to improve one's social standing
Sorting
classifying students based on academic merit or potential
Tracking
a way of dividing students into different classes by ability or future plans
Functionalist perspective of education durkiem
suggests that education contributes to the maintenance of society and provides opportunity for upward social mobility, and meritocracy

Education provide socialization Gives societal roles

Education involves learning the rules and norms of society as a whole the students are taught the dominant culture and the cultural norms

helps transmit core values and manifest functions like social control example the rules of the schools teacher versus the students can also play out in the workplace

Helps with upward social mobility referred as social placement going to hire education gives more financial security I'm also giving social networks
Conflict theorist perspective on education
Conflict theorist believe the educational system reinforce and perpetuate social inequalities that arises from differences in class gender race in ethnicity they see education more negatively because they see education system preserve status quo and push people of lower status into obedience
Traditional curriculum versus students of higher social classes versus poor
Pierre Bourdieu
cultural capital French sociologist a conflict theorist metaphorical currency that helps navigate culture cultures experiences and opportunities available
Symbolic Interactionism
Symbolic interactionist might say that labeling has direct correlation to those who are in power for example low standardized test scores or poor performance in particular shoes need to students who leads the label as low achievers

Jeremy Iverson labeling with symbolic interactionism concerns himself to extent very degrees and symbolizes completion of education credential ism
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