SOCI 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hidden Curriculum, Magical Objects In Harry Potter, Symbolic Interactionism
13 Oct 2018
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Education is defined as the formal learning that takes place in institutions such as colleges, schools, and universities. There are three theoretical approaches to education- functionalist, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionist. Functionalists" argue that education works together along with many other systems such as healthcare, law etc. This enables society to remain stable and states the education system has two roles. Socialization which allows people to act accordingly upon growing and teaches commitment which shows individuals to accept social norms and values. Socialization also teaches capacities or skills from a young age: allocation this refers to the edu(cid:272)atio(cid:374) syste(cid:373) (cid:449)orki(cid:374)g as a (cid:862)sorti(cid:374)g hat(cid:863) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h strea(cid:373)s people i(cid:374)to various places. People often argue that it can become dysfunctional because it is not sorted by preference but by race and gender. The individuals can also be influenced by negative attitudes surrounding them and often give up due to barriers when getting into school.
