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