LANGUAGE USE IN THE CARIBBEAN CLASSROOM Teaching English language and literacy to students is one of the major tasks faced by many teachers in the Caribbean today. When we consider the language varieties that are spoken in our classrooms‚ we can see why we have so many issues when it comes to the teaching of Standard English. It is often said that language is a powerful tool which influences beliefs and views and acts as a complete tool of social control. When we look at our schools in the Caribbean
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SOC 189 - #1 Exam 1. Is meritocracy fair? Discuss the pros and cons of our achievement-oriented society. Does it give rise to a meritorious elite? Why or why not? This country was founded on the principle that one’s status in society should be determined by your individual achievements‚ not by your conditions at birth. The idea is that we are all created equal‚ with equal opportunities‚ not results. The concept of meritocracy is essential to our ideas about American exceptionalism. A benefit
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Outline and assess the view that the role of education system is to reproduce and transmit culture (50 marks) According to Bourdieu‚ the major of the education system is cultural reproduction. This involves society as a whole‚ as Durkheim argued‚ but‚ instead‚ the reproduction of the culture of the dominant classes. These groups have the power to impose meanings and to impose them as legitimate. They are able to define their own culture as worthy of being sought and possessed‚ and to establish is
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Goel‚ S.L. (2005)‚ Human Values and Education. Deep and Deep Publications‚ New Delhi. Gensler ‚H.J. (2003). Ethics‚ a Contemporary Introduction. Rouledge‚Newyork. Harker‚ R.‚ Mahar C. and Wilkes‚ C. (edits.)(1990). An introduction to the work of Pierre Bourdieu. Macmillan Press‚ London. Hattery‚ A. (2001). Women‚ Work‚ and Family. Sage Publications‚ California. Hurlock‚ E.B. (1998). Personality Development. McGraw-Hill‚ New work Jarvis‚ P.‚ Holford‚ J. and Griffin‚C. (1998). The Theory of Practice of
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case of the latter‚ Weber views composition of the class structure as being those who are the owners of industry‚ and therefore the wealthiest and wielding the power. Bourdieu believes there are many types of ‘capital’ that cannot be defined as a single concept‚ and that economic and cultural capital are equally important. Bourdieu defines cultural capital as a competence which endows the ability to wield power in a particular social setting‚ comprised of multiple factors such as an individual’s
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Bibliography: Bourdieu‚ P. (1993) The Field of Cultural Production. Cambridge: Polity Press. Bourdieu‚ P. (2002) The Field of Cultural Production. In The Book History Reader. London: Routledge. Bourdieu‚ P. (1984) Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste. Harvard: Harvard University Press. Gale‚ M. (2012) Tate Modern: The Handbook. London: Tate
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context of anthropologists Mauss and Bourdieu‚ depicts body building as less of a competition and more of a bridge to finding the male identity in a demasculinating world. Arnold Schwarzenegger‚ a central focus of the film‚ went from being a body builder to an actor‚ and then a successful politician. However‚ according to Bourdieu‚ that trajectory from physical power to abstract political power is possible because training is a means to an end‚ not the end. Bourdieu writes‚ "Training‚ like the assembly
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THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL CLASS ON EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ATTAINMENT IN UK. Sociologists have argued that social class differences in educational attainment can be explained in many terms but not necessarily in mutual exclusive kinds of theories such as; IQ theory; social class differences in material circumstances; sub-cultural attitudes and values and the school labelling processes just to mention a few. Sociologists tend to be critical of the IQ theory for various reasons including the factors
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Social Capital in the Educational Context The term social capital was initially originated in early 1920’s and later the concept was developed by French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and American sociologist James Coleman (Dika & Singh‚ 2002‚ p. 2). The meaning of social capital according to Coleman is resources that exist within relationships between actors and that facilitate a variety of social outcomes (Durfer‚ Parcel‚ & Troutman‚ 2013‚ p. 3). Furthermore‚ these relationships between actors are
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The sociologist Robert Merton proposed that social institutions such as education in schools have functions that are both Manifest and Latent. Merton defined Manifest functions as those objective consequences for a specified unit (person‚ subgroup‚ social or cultural system) which contribute to its adjustment or adaptation and were so intended (Merton‚ 1968). While‚ Latent functions as unrecognized and unintended functions (Sociology Guide‚ 2014). The proceeding write-up will discuss the manifest
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