SO 101 Lecture 14: Chapter 14

• School: Quinnipiac University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SO 101
• Professor: Samantha Kusiak

Document Summary

Education: the social institution that formally socializes members of our society. Functionalist perspective: education has both manifest (open, stated) and latent (hidden) functions. Basic manifest function: transmission of knowledge schools teach students how to read, speak different languages, and repair stuff. Latent function: transmitting culture, promoting social/political integration, maintaining social control and serving as an agent of change. Conflict perspective: argue that the educational system socializes students into values dictated by powerful and the level of change. Hidden curriculum: refers to standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in schools. Credentialism: a term used to describe an increase in the lowest level of education needed to enter a field. Tracking: refers to the practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of their test scores and other criteria.