BEP Quiz 2

habitus

Bourdieu's term to describe the self-perceptions and beliefs that develop as part of one's social identity and shape one's conceptions of the world and where one fits in it

structuralists

Bowles, Gintis, Bordieu

high stakes testing model

achievement exam leads to career opportunities

nondeterminist theory

agency

human capital theory

an investment in education leads to improved workers and increased wealth for a community

common school

children should have equal opportunity to succeed

agency

individual choice

Bordieu

determinism

Bowles and Gintis

determinism

Lee and Burkham

family background compromises equality of opportunity

equality of opportunity

giving people an equal chance to succeed

National Defense Education Act (1958)

increase STEM learning, grad school, fellowships, etc.

determinist theory

no agency of change

Giroux

nondeterminism

Paul Willis

nondeterminism

what model supports internal segregation within a school?

sorting machine model

Bowles and Gintis: Correspondence Theory

strong structural similarities between school and workplace

deskilling

using lessons and standardized tests to remove teacher

program in the 60's justified by human capital theory

war on poverty

Laroux and parenting habits

working and middle class