PSYB30H3 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 - Socialization, Organization, Theories.docx
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Socialization: school more institutionalized, purposeful and do not rely on chance for learning. Contemporary debates about cultural transmission have involved sex education, and books used in high schools: some see sex education as an important obligation for teenagers to learn should be part of the curriculum. It is their conviction that sex education encourages a reward sexual permissiveness: books used in high school: handmaid"s tale heavy sexual content; to kill a mockingbird most influential and regarded novel. Deals with race relations in the usa, a story of social injustice. This book has been challenged b/c of the use of nigger and there are more recent books that deal with race: today: religion becomes less decisive and less influential. School face organizational difficulties in carrying out their tasks of dispersion of knowledge and values. ), schools expect students to show up for work (listening to teachers, doing assignments etc. )