“A subtle form of
discrimination exists towards those who are less educated and it divides
society in a number of ways: welcome to educationism”
By: Melissa Hogenboom
Published: BBC,
December 20 2017, http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20171219-the-hidden-judgements-holding-people-back
Level of difficulty: ***
BEFORE YOU READ
·
What is
education bias https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-educational-bias-definition-types.html
QUESTIONS
1.
Read the story of Lance Fusarelli. The reason
why he had a harder time adapting to university life was:
·
The other students he was studying with
·
The way his parents brought him up
·
The working class environment he was brought up
in
·
The uneducated people he had been surrounded
with
2.
The knock on effect of income inequality is
……………..which basically means that …………are looked down upon.
3.
What seems to be the practical basis for the
bias described thus far?
4.
Read the paragraph beginning “Education also
appears…” Which of the following phrases would you substitute for the words “in
many ways”?
·
In terms of income, health and happiness
·
In terms of general wellbeing and social status
·
In terms of general wellbeing, health and votes
·
In terms of financial status, quality of employment, general wellbeing and
political leaning
5.
What widely held belief was disproved by the
experiments carried out by Kuppens and his colleagues?
6.
Education is inherently unfair because people…
7.
The illogical link between poverty and a sense
of shame and stigma is due to…
8.
Read the account of Sheehy and Skeffington’s
studies. We understand from this section that the widely held prejudice that
poor people are more stupid is blatantly wrong because…
9.
The change of focus experienced by poor people
and described by Skeffington is due to…
10.
Fabricio Butera’s study reached a damming
conclusion. State clearly what it was.
11.
People from working class backgrounds who
receive higher education have to make important sacrifices. State clearly what
this means.
12.
The purpose of the current system of testing
is……….The down side of this system is that…
13.
What does “This” refer to in the phrase “ This
appears to reduce social class and gender inequalities..”?
WRITING TASK
Refer back to the text and the videos to write an essay
discussing the causes of educationism.
EDUCATIONISM: THE
HIDDEN BIAS WE SOMETIMES IGNORE KEY AND TEACHERS’ NOTES
This interesting text
focuses on a problem we are all well aware of but perhaps haven’t thought too
deeply about. In this respect, it is very interesting. It has also given me the
opportunity to write some good inferential questions. The writing task can be
extended.
1. 3
2. Educationism
/ less educated people
3. The
fact that the education system was invented by the ruling classes, with middle
class knowledge and questions appearing in tests
4. 4
5. People
who are more highly educated are inherently more tolerant (We want this answer
verbatim)
6. Cannot
be blamed for their low education
7. Meritocratic
ideologies in societies
8. Those
who were told they were low status individuals performed worse on both
financial decisions and cognitive tasks.
9. A
diminished sense of control over future life outcomes
10. The
education system is motivated to maintain the status quo
11. They
have to discard the original parts of their identity
12. Assessment
for selection / it reduces motivation and performance in reasoning and decision
making
13. Creating
a classroom environment where assessment is part of the learning process
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