When I was young, my family was poor. But when I grew up, my family was somewhere between middle class and upper class. And right now I'm living in Scotland studying my undergraduate degree. From my experience, education can help you survive. Because education is considered a social status in today's society. With a good education, you can get a good career and earn good money. “Social mobility is an upward or downward movement within a system of stratification. Liberal theory claims that capitalist societies are open classes and therefore a high degree of social mobility can be expected. According to liberal theory, this movement within a stratification system should result from a person's achievements and should not be based on ascribed characteristics such as gender, race, region of birth, and social position of the individuals. parents. Social mobility is usually measured by comparing the status position of adult children to that of their parents (intergenerational mobility), but it can be measured by comparing a person's status position over their own lifetime (intragenerational mobility). Sociologists view social mobility as a useful way to measure equality of opportunity. These sources come from numerous sociological, economic and political debates. Refer to this modern era where education has proven to be very important in today's societies. Additionally, education is a career indicator for many people in society. Because education is what can tell other members of society who you are, where you come from and how smart you are. According to the research group ...... middle of article ......ale and Scotland', Education Review, 15: 68-73• Croxford, L. (1994) 'Equality of opportunity in the secondary education curriculum in Scotland', British Educational Research Journal, 20, 371-91• Erikson, R. and Goldthorpe JH (1992) The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies. Oxford: Clarendon Press.• Gamoran, A. (1996) 'Curriculum standardization and equality of opportunity in Scottish secondary education: 1984-90', Sociology of Education, 69: 1-21• Ianelli, C. & Paterson, L. (2005) Does Education Promote Social Mobility Paper 5, Edinburgh: Center for Sociology of Education, University of Edinburgh. • Online Dictionary of Social Sciences © Robert Drislane, Ph.D. and Gary Parkinson, Ph.D The online version of this dictionary is a product of Athabasca University and ICAAP. Available from: URL: http://bitbucket.icaap.org/dict.pl