1.
educate
schools teach general skills such as
reading, writing, and arithmetic
2.
socialize
Schools described as SORTING machines that
place students and groups according to their
skills, talents, and interests
NOT based on merit, ultimately serves to
reproduce social inequalities
Schools transmit values, beliefs, & attitudes that
are important to society
socialize by rewarding some cultural beliefs &
behaviors more than others
originated from trying to “Americanize” population
(e.g. immigrants, Native Americans, etc.)
Education:
process through which academic, social, & cultural ideas and tools are developed
Schools
CONTRIBUTORS to SOCIALIZATION:
Hidden curriculum:
serves to form a more
cohesive society but has also been used to impose
the values of a dominant culture on outsiders or
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- Fall '08
- Moskos
- Sociology, social inequalities, general skills, leverage social networks
