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Soc Unit 3
Chapter 13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Education | The process through which academic, social. and cultural ideas and tools, both general and specific, are developed |
| functional illiteracy | the inability to read or write well enough to be a functioning member of society |
| human capital | the skills, knowledge, and experience possessed by a person or group that can yield economic benefits |
| hidden curriculum | the nonacademic and less overt socialization functions of schooling. Coined by Philip Jackson. Is the formal rules and regulations and the informal like respecting authority |
| Marxists theory | schools are unwitting pawns of the capitalist classes and teach skills conducive to maintaining dominant and subordinate positions in the workforce |
| The Coleman report | study conducted when schools were still segregated. Achievement gaps between blacks and whites were high. Found differences in resources between schools didn't matter but family background and peers mattered most |
| class size | small classes benefit. If put in large class after being in small, they still struggle |
| Private schools | catholic schools most successful in preparing students academically, particularly for students with disadvantaged backgrounds |
| social capital | any relationship between people that can facilitate the actions of others |
| tracking | a way of diving students into different classes by ability of future plans. Supposedly creates better learning environment and predicts whether students attend college. Was more for privileged kids. |
| school to prison pipeline | if you get in trouble in school, likely you do deviant behavior outside of school. Black and Hispanics on way to jail. Matters how school regulates behavior |
| classroom pressure cooker | teachers appear to matter a lot more to the intellectual dynamics of the classroom. Their expectations affect student achievement. Lower expectations for boys, minorities, and lower income kids |
| Functionalist perspective | rise of education boils down to supply and demand. Jobs became more technical and required a more educated workforce |
| Conflict perspective | rise in college graduation stems from American views on education and the expansion of the school system. Used to only be for elites |
| credentialism | an overemphasis on credentials for signaling social status or job qualifications |
| SAT | supposedly predicts freshman year GPA. Pointed toward whites |
| Affirmative action | refers to a set of policies granting preferential treatment to a number of particular subgroups within a population. Horrible for asians |
| social class or SES | an individuals position in a stratified social order. Higher up you are, the better you do |
| cultural capital | the symbolic and interactional resources that people use to their advantage in various situations |
| Embodied | skills rests in our body |
| objectified | what your putting an investment in |
| institutionalized | legitimated through a formal system |
| inclusive curriculum | values the culture, background and experience of all students |
| blacks | don't wanna go up in society cause they afraid of acting white. high achieving find themselves socially isolated in advanced classes |
| stereotype threat | when members of a negatively stereotyped group are placed in a situation in which they fear they may confirm those stereotypes |
| gene movement | intelligence is genetic |
| boy girl achievement gap | girls surpass boys in educational outcomes but doesn't pay off in workplace. Girls better writing and reading, guys better math and science |
| resource dilution model | parental resources are finite and each additional child gets smaller amount of them |
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