Social Stratification

Discussant: Jose Roberto M. Ilisan

STATUS SYMBOLS
Are indicators of the social class to which one
belongs.
PALATIAL HOUSE
Car
JEWELRY
PLACE WHERE ONE LIVES
ASSOCIATION OR CLUBS
ROLE
Is a function or duty that an
individual has to perform on
account of his position in a
society
OBLIGATORY ROLE
Assigned to a person because of the
nature of his position.
Teacher
Driver
Police
Cultural Role
A function or duty assigned to an
individual by culture or custom.
mother Father
Brother-sister
Main Difference
Obligatory Role Cultural/Customary
Role
Inseparable the individual may
not perform his role or
function associated
with his position
cannot be taken away
from him
One cannot exist
without the other
A person may behave differently in
different roles
A person may have also many roles
under one position
MOTHER
EFFECTS OF SOCIAL
STRATIFICATION IN LEARNING
(Bustos and Espiritu)
1. Children belonging to a poor
disadvantaged family do not aspire much
for higher education.
Cannot afford
Enough that children are able to read and
write
Effect of the low socio-economic status of
the family.
2. Children coming from lower
class families have very little
exposure to the influence of mass
media such as news paper,
magazines, books, and other
learning materials, radio and
television.
learning experiences are confined
within the classroom only.

Students coming from the less
privileged areas have lower rating in
national survey test than the student
coming from the more affluent areas.

Students from prestigious school
achieved higher than those coming
from disadvantage or privileged school
3. Educational attainment of a child
matches the socio economic status of his
family.
more and more students coming from lower class
family attaining higher education.

Desire of parents to save their children from
hardships that they have experienced.

Parents utilizes every possible means to enable
them to send their children to institution of higher
learning.