SOCB26H3 Lecture : Lecture 1
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Socb26 lecture 1 jan. 10. 2012: education: a vital part of modern life, in the past, formal education only of interest and importance to a select few: Job skills learnt informally (cid:150) most people did not finish high school: contemporary situation: Education a crucial pre-requisite for a successful adult life. Young people, minimally, expect to finish high school. The systematic, formalized transmission of knowledge, skills and values. 19th century did schools exist in a rudimentary fashion. **right until the end of the 19th century, education was the prerogative of an elite feud. Reasons for acquiring an education had very little to do with the practical demands of the work world. Most people started to earn a living by working at early adolescence or earlier by learning and acquiring the skills to do their jobs by observing and being taught by the adults around them and by their parents.
