Sociology 2140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Private School, Remedial Education, Gross Domestic Product
16 Dec 2017
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Special education: remedial education designed to help children and adults who are exceptional in some way, including but not limited to intellectual developmental delays, visual or auditory disabilities, and emotional or specific learning difficulties. The global context cross- cultural variation in education. 20% of individuals around the world cannot write: 2/3 of them are women. The positive correspondence between employment status and education is clearer, with much higher unemployment rates across the board for those with lower educational attainment levels. The educational institution accomplishes important tasks for society, including instruction, socialization, the sorting of individuals into various statuses, and the provision of custodial care. Sorting individuals into statuses: schools sort individuals into statuses by providing credentials for individuals who achieve various levels of education at various schools within the system. Custodial care: the school system provides free supervision and care for children and adolescents until they complete secondary, or high, school almost.
