SOCL 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Kindergarten, Social Change, Social Promotion
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Goals educated workforce and americanize immigrants. More industrialization + less farming jobs = formal education. Education in most industrialized nations essential: japan. Students study exact same page from exact same textbook everyday. Students go to cram sessions for additional learning. Parents with more money can provide kids with other advantages to help them do well in the education system. Global perspective/ education and industrialization: free public schools: industrialization (1800s) Free education through college: math/ natural science focused, critical thinking banned (makes it easy to preserve. Allowed private, religious, and foreign-run schools; critical thinking. Little formal schooling are most wealthy: egypt. Most citizens work land or care for families. Tracking (after 6 years) tech school (3 years) Tracking (after 6 years) tech school (3 years) academic (2 years) Functionalist perspective globalization of capitalism: knowledge and skills train next generation. Post-industrialized societies need highly educated people: transmit cultural values.
