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What is the main function of education according to the text?
What is the latent function of education according to the text?
What is the process by which schools pass a society’s core values from one generation to the next?
What do grade school teachers in every country extol according to the text?
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Which perspective emphasizes the role of education in reproducing existing belief systems and practices?
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Why are diplomas needed on applying for a job according to the text?
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What is the term used to refer to the attitudes and unwritten rules of behavior that schools teach, in addition to the formal curriculum?
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According to Talcott Parsons and Kingsley Davis, what sorts people on the basis of merit?
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Who examined how the educational system reproduces social inequality?
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What did Illich claim is central to economic stratification?
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According to Pierre Bourdieu, what privileges accompany a social location and help someone in life?
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What is the term for a society in which employers use diplomas and degrees to determine who is eligible for a job?
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What does gatekeeping do according to the text?
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"Privileges accompanying a social location that help someone in life" is referred to as:
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