Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Gap Year, Peer Pressure, The Hidden Curriculum
22 Apr 2017
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Education: the social institution through which society provides its members with important knowledge. Important socialization institution a lot of socialization occurs through education. Form follows function marx education is closely linked to the economy. For example, in an agricultural society, education isn"t very important. But if you look at a capitalist economic society, you"ll find that education is important. Research indicates that more and more students are physically present by psychologically absent. : steinberg: american sociologist who is looking at factors outside of school (e. g. family, peers and ethnicity) to shake and shape attitudes of kids and achievement. Cote also talks about bmd (bank of mom and dad). He believes that students will do better if they take a gap year between grade 12 and first year of university. However, the fear of bmd is that you"ll take a year off and never go back! Canadians actually rank among the top three countries for literacy (reading and writing) but rank.
