Question 1Understanding Inequality Through Theory: BourdieuWhat do we mean by meritocratic?What...

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Question 1Understanding Inequality Through Theory: BourdieuWhat do we mean by meritocratic?What strategies could you develop as an educator to work with children from low SES families or families marked by endemic poverty and unemployment?Question 2Cultural Logics of Child-RearingLareau(2011) identifies two distinct cultural logics of child-rearing:How accurate do you believeLareau'sfindings to be? Can you find any similarities between the cultural logics raised byLareauandyour own family life?Concerted Cultivation•Organisedactivities•Interaction with adults•Focus on language and negotiations skills•‘rules of the games’ in interactions with institutional representatives•Question and negotiate authority•Growing sense of entitlementAccomplishment of Natural Growth•Long stretches of leisure time•Child-initiated play•Clear boundaries between adults and children•Accept authority•Emerging sense of distrust, distance, and constraint1.Question 3Create a summary of the key ideas associated with each philosopher.                     2.How might these ideas be relevant to underlying philosophies in the Early Years Learning Framework?Do any of the ideas of Plato, Socrates, Dewey, Steiner, Montessori, Malaguzzi, or Gardnerform part of your personal philosophy of education?

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Early Education and Childcare
Question 1- Understanding Inequality Through Theory
A meritocratic system is one that allows students to succeed based on their abilities and talents in an educational system. In such a system, students advanced based on their learning geniuses and talents and not according to money, power or status. Students are provided with equal opportunities regardless of social barriers (Toomey, 1976). 
A meritocratic system is an ideal system. However, it does not occur in reality in Australia. For example, studies show that nearly 60% of schools scoring Top 20 are independent private schools that have students from the upper class of society (ABS, 2013). As an educator, I would assist students from low SES families by trying to introduce policy changes such as subsidies and scholarships geared towards them. I would also try to help develop their interests, support the development of community-oriented schools and economic regeneration of poor families (Raffo et al., 2007).
Question 2- Cultural Logics of Child-Rearing
I think Lareau’s findings are fairly accurate. Middle-class families often find the time and resources, even with some difficulty, to undertake concerted cultivation in their kids. They are able to organize activities, interact with children, focus on language and negotiation and provide their children a sense of entitlement (2011).

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