- 2015-03-09 (x)
- Morgan, Beverley J. (x)
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Show moreThe work describes and probes the relationships between the institutions of elite and non – elite secondary education and selected graduates of these institutions in Jamaica over an approximately fifty – year period. It considers the curricula, pedagogy, and values of the institutions, viewed as independent variables, and the propensity of a selection of their graduates to contribute to the accumulation of social capital, through civic engagement and the display of high levels of trust, and sociability, viewed as dependent variables, The research suggests that the institutions of education are the loci of the incorporation of individual actors’ stances towards the dominant society, and have effects on their perceptions of their identity and ways of viewing and playing their social roles. The Inspirational Teacher and the Father - as -Interpreter of the society’s norms provide the primary foci through which these internalisations occur, and viewed as mediating variables, predispose individual actors to respond in ways which may or may not demonstrate a capacity and propensity for collaboration, and the building of socially, rather than personally, beneficial networks. The analysis attempts to tease out explanatory patterns and regularities in participants’ recounting of their educational experiences over the period of their high school years.
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Show moreEducation is considered to be the greatest predictor of social capital which, in turn, is said to be the greatest predictor of socio-economic development. In order to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of this apparent chain of causation the study looked closely at the variables of interest among a population of highly educated Jamaicans. Certain highly educated members of the cohorts who graduated from high school in Jamaica between 1950 and 2000 show a high propensity for Generalised Trust that finds expression in the extent of their sociability, the range and heterogeneity of the groups to which they belong and the density of their social networks. These individuals demonstrate high levels of those constructs that are associated with social capital and engage in activities that enhance beneficial collective action. These individuals predominantly attended non-elite secondary schools in Jamaica. On the other hand, another portion of the highly educated cohorts, largely graduates of elite secondary institutions, show lower levels of Generalised Trust, and lower levels of those constructs associated with social capital. The conclusion is that education may well matter, but the character of the institution in which education takes place matters more.
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