Because
I don’t study with New Books I won’t get a job?
In today’s society we are faced with many
obstacles including our education, and how it influences our future. In Jean
Anyon’s essay “Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work”, we are shown
how different social classes coincide in statistical evidence that the higher
in class the better future we have. Social class is essential in determining
your future because the amount of money you have impacts the quality of
learning you receive because it influences the materials that are available to
you. Also, it impacts the type of teacher you are provided with, and the way
you are taught.
The amount of money you have affects the
educational material you’re able to use. The quality of the materials that you
use impact key components in your learning style. For example, coming from a
middle class home I used textbooks to read my text and study. My friend who had
went to a prestige school was given an iPad to download the book onto there.
The IPad included many different options that an obviously text book does not.
Which are highlighting and inserting personal comments digitally, the ability
to search a sentence or word in the internet, and being able to be more
digitally connected about the information. Options like these make learning
much more interactive and flexible to your learning capabilities. In the text Anyon states when referring to
the affluent professional school “the teachers ask the student to grab the
geoboards from the back and to grab rubber bands…” (6) And when referring to a
working class school states “the children were told to copy the steps as
notes.”(3) Having interactive material to learn with makes the class easier to
learn and provides more motivation.
Furthermore,
social class influences the teacher you’re provided with and how you’re taught.
The way you’re taught and the style of learning you’re provided with impacts
your attitude towards the class.
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