ED304

• Functionalist theory


  Believes that education needs to be systematic as a whole to avoid being non-operational
• Conflict theory


  One implication is that students are labeled to be achievers and non-achievers according to their status in society
• Social Capital theory


  One implication is that education is used to explain the role of schools in reproducing social class
• Feminist theory


  Led to the examination of education policy and how it affected girls, women, their future opportunities
• Functionalist theory


  • Highlights the positive functions performed by the education system such as solidarity, teaching core values etc.
• Conflict theory


  One implication is that those who are more privileged are given a lot and better opportunities than those who are less fortunate
• Symbolic Interactionist theory


  One implication is that students learn through interaction how they are different from others based on individual experiences, social class and status
• Symbolic Interactionist theory


  • Focuses on how people share symbols and construct society as a result of their everyday interactions
• Code theory


  Language codes aim to aid in the social reproduction of class and differences in power
• Schools and society are connected with each other
• In informal settings, socialization happens when a community interacts with or educates their members about society's norms and values
• Society has been defined as the "web of social relationships"
• This "web of social relationships" is essential to understanding how humans interact in the various institutions within it
• Transmission of socialization is not limited to religion
• Schools are pillars for the promotion of culture
• Sociologists do not decide what society should perceive as right and wrong
• Sociologists and educators play a crucial role in the promotion of culture
• Society influences education and vice-versa
• Education is not a process that ends once a person attains his degree through formal schooling
• Cultural symbols are not exclusive to words
• Cultural symbols include body language and gestures used during interaction
• School (Old English "scol")


  Place of instruction
• School (Latin "scola")


  Not income generation
• School (Greek "skole")


  Not place for wellness
• The school is not considered the most important group in terms of socialization
• Dewey posits that through education, the child develops reasoning in social relations
• The school does not expose students to social standards and values that are closely similar with those in their families
• The school does not only focus on teaching students how to write, spell, and excel in Math
• Different socialization approaches are done in school and may be considered as formal or informal
• Technical/Economic function of schools

  Help students acquire knowledge and skills necessary to survive and compete in a modern society
• Technical/Economic function of schools

  Provide staff job training and opportunity
• Human/Social function of schools

  Help students develop themselves psychologically, socially and physically
• Cultural function of schools

  Support the social integration of multiple and diverse constituencies of society
• Cultural function of schools


  Help students develop their creativity and aesthetic awareness
• Cultural function of schools

  Help students be socialized with the successful norms, values and beliefs of society
• Political function of schools

  Help students develop positive civic attitudes and skills to exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship
• Political function of schools

  Help promote peace movements against war and elimination of conflicts between nations
• Human/Social function of schools


  Help students develop their potential as fully as possible
• Technical/Economic function of schools


  Are service organizations providing quality service
• The education of a child is not the sole responsibility of the school