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Introduction to Sociology Anne Revillard (Lecture 6) Education ((1.The…
Introduction to Sociology Anne Revillard (Lecture 6) Education
1.The sociology of education in France : an overview
The expansion of schooling and its growing social role
The expansion of schooling in France throughout the 20th century
A growing role of the school
What is at stake in the study of social inequalities in education?
Educational opportunity ≠ social opportunity
Boudon, 1974 : Decreasing inequality of educational opportunity ≠ decreasing inequality of social opportunity(Anderson’sparadox)
Why? aggregation effect
The sociological theories of education
The school as an agent of socialization and integration
The school as a «space for actors’ strategies» (Duru-Bellat and Van Zanten,2012)
2, How does the school contribute to social reproduction?
The inheritors (1964): Bourdieu and Passeron’s seminal theory of social reproduction
Empirical and theoretical refinements and critiques
Bourdieu and Passeron,The inheritors,1964
Focus on higher education
Probability of access to university according to parent's occupational category
Farm workers 0,7; Industrial workers 1,4;Domestic servants 2,4;Clerical workers 9,5;Industrial and commercial proprietors
16,4
«Elimination»
Presence≠ equality
«at home» or «out of place»
Feeling «at home» in school:where does it come from?
Feeling «at home»in school as a result of cultural privilege
The discrete transmission of cultural privilege in the higher classes
School culture:trusted by the lower classes, denigrated by the schools themselves
Hard work (petite bourgeoisie)vs ease (elite)
«gifts» and merit as cultural habits
Bourdieu, Passeron...and their critiques
Later empirical work: