SOCIOL 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Informal Learning, Social Control, Symbolic Interactionism

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In school, we learn cultural expectations/norms that are reinforced by teachers, classmates, and textbooks. 16. 1 - education around the world basic academic knowledge, learning skills, and cultural norms. Education: a social institution through which a society"s children are taught. A country"s wealth has much to do with the amount spent on education. Educational resources such as money and quality teachers are not distributed evenly across the us. Formal education: the learning of academic facts and concepts. The industrial revolution made education more accessible to the gen public. Informal education: learning about cultural values, norms, and expected behaviors through participation in a society. Occurs through the formal education system and at home. We learn how to dress, how to perform routine activities, and hygiene etc. Cultural transmission: the way people come to learn the values, beliefs, Both informal and formal education include cultural transmission and social norms of their culture.

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