School Education And Social Reproduction

Resist theory in the sociology of education thinks that the children of working-class with "counter-school culture" makes them willing to achieve their social reproduction. In China with urban-rural dual structure, migrant labors have similar social status with working-class in British, both at bottom of their country. Domestic research has confirmed that kids of migrant labors exist"counter-school culture" as well,which makes their social reproduction. But those researches are different form author’s daily observation, which found most children of migrant in China has "pro-school culture"Students of grade six in a public primary school in which migrant labors’children as their main students as this study’s object. The writer carries on the qualitative research. After a long period observation the whiter found that the vast students of migrant labors tend to agree with school culture and identity it. They following rules, identity teachers authority, they believe though their hard work and their insist they can achieve their dreams,they also yearning "knowledge change destiny" and so on. However there are still a small part of kids of migrant families in higher grade in primary school counter school culture, who just for fun in daily life, resist teachers or just sleep in class. On the basis of observation and though deeply interview with students,their parents and their teachers to explore the formation mechanism of different views with school culture. With the deep influence of Confucianism which encourage good students to take part in politics. The imperial examination also makes the students form bottom eager to realize social mobility though education. What’s more the influence of "low self-esteem culture" which formed their low status areas deepen their "pro-school culture".This two culture to make them more eager to change fate through knowledge. On the other hand the "discipline and punish" has become reality mechanism of "pro-school culture". For kids who has "counter-school culture "their family culture from bottom social status is different form the school culture which is the representative of control class and passed their views. So the students form the bottom are easier to lose. As weaker in class students use sleeping, resistance, relies on the strong bullying the wearers as "weapon" to protect themselves.It constitutes the reality formation mechanism of "counter-school culture’ The study found that most of the migrant children show the tendency to agree with and identity the school culture. Only a small part of children tend to "against school culture" So it is not reasonable just use the resist theory to explain Chinese reality.The children form migrant family in grade six who are facing the pressure of entrancing to junior high school. Their problems can help us to explore the mechanism of their social reproduction. Even children form migrant family identity school culture however they have little cultural capital and economical capital. The rational calculation culture form woke makes children only spend time and money on books. Now quality education reform as well as some excellent middle schools’ independent admission examination need more knowledge outside books. The result is that most children who identity school culture and study hard but failed at the exam. They shunt into second-rate school by education. The children who exist "counter-school culture" have given up schooling by rejecting knowledge, against teachers, just for fun,and consequentially have completed the social reproduction at the bottom level.At last of the study,the article make a simple cooperation between "lads of English labor class who has "counter-school culture" and the children of migrant labors in China who has similar culture. And make a reflection on how to change their unfair culture space.