SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Washoe County School District, Symbolic Interactionism, Hidden Curriculum
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Education transmission of society"s norms, values, and knowledge base by means of direct instruction. Formal education education that occurs within academic institutions. Mass education extension of formal school to wide segments of the population. Public education universal education system provided by the government by tax revenues rather than student fees. Credentialed society access to desirable work and social status depend on the possession of a certificate or diploma certifying completion of a formal education. Industrialization led for the need for the proletariat to be literate. Also influenced how we structure our school days. Proportion of the population finishing high school has never been higher. Proportion of people going to college going to college has increased, because the higher the degree the higher the $ People graduating from college has increased, but so has dropped out. The higher the degree, the higher the earning: finances, job market. Functionalism: argues that education prepares people to participate in the larger society.
