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Industrial models of schools - Answer >>- schools reflect assembly lines of the Industrial Revolution
Industrial age assumptions of learning - Answer >>- 5 ways which learning occurs
- emerged from schools with beliefs following that of the industrial assembly line
- children are deficient and schools should fix them (deficit perspective --> school can make up for the innate)
- Learning takes place in the head, not the body
- Everyone learns, or should learn, in the same way
- Learning takes place in the classroom, not in the world
- There are smart kids and there are dumb kids
Industrial age assumptions of schooling - Answer >>- 4 ways to manage and function
- school is run by specialist who maintain control
- knowledge is inherently fragmented
- Schools communicate "the truth" (naive realism)
- learning is primarily individualistic, & competition accelerates learning
deficit perspective - Answer >>- with senge in industrial age assumptions of learning
- with post-secondary education readiness
Education equality - Answer >>- good sense, everyone should have an equally good
education
Labree's 3 goals of education - Answer >>1. Democratic equality (school prepares students to be good citizens in democratic society)
- Social Efficiency (school prepares individuals to contribute to societal economic growth and well-being)
- Social Mobility (school is a commodity in order to compete for and obtain higher-socioeconomic status (ie higher income)
Public good - Answer >>- service that everyone benefits from
- ie snuggie example, if you have it everyones warm
- ie public schools (everyone benefits; societal benefits by reduce in crime, however not everyone supports public schools)
- Labree
Private good - Answer >>- service or good that the person who purchased, produced, or finacially supported can use
- ie school can be private, in terms of social mobility (everyones competing to improve themself); obtain education for the personal gain
- Labree
Stratification - Answer >>- school divided into levels or hierarchy (grades and ability)
- can also be divided by SES (socio-economic status)
- Labree
Use vs Exchange value of Education - Answer >>Use value: content of education itself is intrinsically useful Exchange value: extrinsic value; exchange for a job that has financial security, etc.
Achievement Gap - Answer >>- gap in performance (usually based off of standardize tests) between different groups of ethnicity, gender, etc
Conflict theory - Answer >>- social practice where people in power to dominate socail order
- school preserve class structures (power vs powerless)
- support attitudes to continue to dominate by the privaleged class
- School and Society
class consciousness - Answer >>- individual coming to awwareness they belong to a social class or standing
- knowledge they articulate common practices
- ie labour union movement
- School and Society
False consciousness - Answer >>- individual from a subordinate class that practices the views and values of a more dominant class
- ie prisoner who acts as prison guard
- School and Society
Hegemony - Answer >>- the importance of influence over others
- ie one class (like media or church) controls a lower class)
- School and Society
Oppressed vs oppressor - Answer >>- teacher (oppressors) teach children (oppressed) and children have no say
Charter school - Answer >>- autonomous school the opperates under contract
implemented by public order like school board
Stakeholder - Answer >>- individual who has invested interest in an issue
Segregation (by effects of charter schools) - Answer >>- separation of a particular race into distinct schools
Vouchers - Answer >>- coupon family redeems if child goes to private school (pays for part of its tuition)
- school choice --> break public school monopoly
Monopoly - Answer >>- single sole provider for a service with no competitors
- ie public school --> no competitors to improve education
Social Capital - Answer >>- the benefits (usually economic but sometimes social) derived from the connections made with another person
- improve social capital by attending uc davis with a multitude of professors with connections to jobs
Capital market failure - Answer >>- when people like to borrow good or service, cant cuz interest rates too hgih
Externality - Answer >>- "spillover" effect
- ones behavior or consumption benefits others
- education positive externalities --> society benefits like reduced social welfare costs
Human Capital - Answer >>- theoretical model --> we invest in education to enhance our productivity
- enhanced productivity --> higher wages
