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EDUCATION. Education and Schooling Education – social institution that deals with transmission of knowledge. Schooling -- – is the more organized form of education that takes place in schools . Education in a global Perspective. JAPAN Education reflects group centered ethic.
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EDUCATION Education and Schooling • Education – social institution that deals with transmission of knowledge. • Schooling -- – is the more organized form of education that takes place in schools.
Education in a global Perspective JAPAN • Education reflects group centered ethic. • College admissions are based on test scores regardless of social class. • Teachers are paid highly and have high prestige. Top 10% of the country’s wage earners. • Schooling reflects personal ability. • In early grades, children are taught cultural values of tradition and obligation to family.
INDIA • Widespread child labor • Half of the population is illiterate • Patriarch is significant – boys are favored. • Overcrowded schools • Education is used for elite formation
BRITAIN • Class differences determine the quality of education. • Schools reproduce class differences. U.S.A. • Schooling shaped by democratic principles. • Highest number of people with degrees in the world. • Schools try to promote equality (equal opportunity) • Stresses the value of practical learning
THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF SCHOOLING STUCTURAL FUNCTIONALISM • Education enhances the operation and stability of society. Manifest Functions • Socialization • Cultural innovation through research. • Social intergration • Social placement
Latent Functions a) Child care b) Social networks c) Keep youths out of trouble. d) Regulates job availability
SOCIAL CONFLICT ANALYSIS • Schools routinely provide learning according to students social backgrounds, thus perpetuating social inequality – gender, occupation, class etc. • Social control – schools stress social compliance through hidden curriculum—subtle presentation of political or cultural ideas in the classroom. • Standardized testing – biased in favor of affluent white students. • Tracking – assignment of students to different types of educational programs.
Inequality among schools. • Public vs. private schools. • Suburban vs. central city schools. • Credentialism – Evaluating a person on the basis of educational degrees.
Group work • Discuss the problems facing schools today. • How can you fix them?