SOCI 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Canada Wide Media, Social Inequality, Homeschooling
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View education as important social institutions in society. Preschool & kindergarten -students taught to practice various societal roles. Durkheim established academic discipline of sociology, characterised schools as "socialisation agencies that teach children how to get along w/ others & prepare them for adult economic roles" (durkheim 1898) *socialisation-learning rules & norms of society as whole. School systems in canada transmit core values of nation through manifest functions like social control. Schools teach students conformity to law & respect for authority. Respect given to teachers & administrators will help student navigate school environment. Prepares students to enter workplace & world at large -subject to people with authority. Fulfilment of this function rests primarily w/ classroom teachers. & instructors who are w/ students all day. University & graduate schools = vehicles to move students closer to careers that will give financial freedom & security. University students = motivated to study areas that will be advantageous on social ladder.
