SOCI 100B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Manifest And Latent Functions And Dysfunctions, Unintended Consequences, Meritocracy

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Education is the social institution guiding a society"s transmission of knowledge. Schooling is a formal instruction under the supervision of specially trained teachers. Early form of education were based on ensuring physical/ cultural survival but by the 19th century, mass education became the model and became heavily subsidized and mandatory. You"ve got 4 years to learn about you and you"ve got that for the rest of your life. bruce. Consider the role of education in your life think of your school experience: preschool, elementary school, middle and high school, university. Pressure to fit in/ bullying (friends one day and enemies the next: field trips, school dances, friends are all more important than school. Exposure to sexism/ racism/ inequality: no control over what the other kids, parents, or teachers are like and how they see the world. What is supposed to happen and its intent.

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