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Book No. – 17 (Sociology)
Book Name – Sociology (Yogesh Atal)
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1. EDUCATION: A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
2. EDUCATION: BEYOND INITIAL SOCIALIZATION
3. INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF LEARNING: FROM FAMILY TO SCHOOL
4. EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT
4.1. ROLE OF EDUCATION IN DEVELOPMENT
4.2. DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION
4.3. IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT ON EDUCATION
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From Socialization to Schooling: The Broader Canvas of Education
Yogesh Atal
Chapter – 13
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- Humans are distinctive in that much of their behavior is learned through social interaction, transforming them from biological beings to social animals.
- The process of learning to interact and acquire culture is called socialization or enculturation, and it is universal in all societies.
- Herskovits views socialization as a part of education, emphasizing that some aspects of education are universal across societies.
- According to Herskovits, every society conditions infants to control bodily functions, encourages linguistic communication, and ensures the semantic values of language are understood.
- Societies teach the young how to interpret the behavior of others, act in specific situations, and interact with people in particular roles.
- All societies teach economic values and how to make a living while stressing moral codes and ways to be esteemedby others.
- Etiquette, rituals, and understanding the causes and cures of sickness, as well as the facts of birth and death, are also part of the education process in every society.
- Through learning, individuals actualize part of their potential in correspondence with the culture in which they are raised.
- Learning happens through imitation and emulation (copying without questioning) as well as through teachings from seniors and specialists in the community.
- Some scholars view the entire learning process, including self-learning and training/schooling, as education, while others reserve the term only for formal schooling.
- If socialization is seen as education, then all people are considered educated; to be socialized is to be educated.
- In contrast, when education refers only to formal schooling, society is stratified into educated and uneducated, with further divisions based on the level of skills acquired.
- A sociologist of education views the process of socialization as foundational for formal education.
- This sociologist studies students (children and youth) and the subsystem of education, analyzing its links with the wider social system.
- The sociologist of education also focuses on the functions served by the education system.