SOC 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Paulo Freire, Critical Pedagogy, Ryerson University

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 105
• Professor: Laura Thrasher

Document Summary

Professor laura thrasher - ryerson university - fall 2017. Schooling as a powerful agent of socialization: we grow up in school, what do we learn in school, belonging and not belonging (school is often an exclusionary space) Not just schooling: learning more broadly, education as a powerful social force and social project, public eduction (such as canada 150); museums, galleries; popular culture, etc. these can all be considered sites of education. Two ways of thinking about the aims of education. Social reproduction: education that seeks to maintain the status quo. To socialize a new generation; to build and reinforce existing collective identities and knowledges: encourages students to adapt to the world as it is. Social transformation: education that seeks to transform individuals and societies. Knowledge and ways of knowing that might alter current social, political, economic trajectories: encourages students to question the world as it is. Education as a powerful agent of socialization.