Sociology Chapter 16

Social Placement

Education also provides one of the major methods used by people for upward social mobility.

Problems with Education

No Child Left Behind Busing Equal Education Head Start Teaching to the Test Bilingual Education Common Core Charter Schools Teacher Training Affirmative Action Student Loan Debt

Universal Access

This term refers to people's equal ability to participate in an education system.

Tracking

a formalized sorting system that places students on "tracks" (advanced versus low achievers) that perpetuate inequalities.

Informal Education

describes learning about cultural values, norms, and expected behaviors by participating in a society.

Education

is a social institution through which a society's children are taught basic academic knowledge, learning skills, and cultural norms.

Cultural Capitol

or cultural knowledge that serves (metaphorically) as currency that helps us navigate a culture

Cultural Transmission

refers to the way people come to learn the values, beliefs, and social norms of their culture.

Formal Education

describes the learning of academic facts and concepts through a formal curriculum.

Credentialism

embodies the emphasis on certificates or degrees to show that a person has a certain skill, has attained a certain level of education, or has met certain job qualifications.

Hidden Curriculum

which refers to the type of nonacademic knowledge that students learn through informal learning and cultural transmission.