ISS 215 Social Differentiation and Inequality Lecture 7 Educational Institutions and Inequality In Class Notes Informal education through socialization Biological bases of socialization Most social scientists don t believe we have instincts Learned behavior Biological drive natural response and association A human child is the most dependent thing on Earth Theories on socialization C H Cooley 1864 1929 Looking glass theory Influenced by surroundings Told what to think act and you do it Jean Piaget 189 1980 Sensorimotor stage Child experiences senses through its surroundings Preoperational stage Child can now speak Begins imitating and communicating things Formal operational stage Adult form Has creation and imagination skills Formal education Historical background Preindustrial Education began in religion Royal Egyptian children would have private tutors Theoretical discussion Functional approach Transmission of culture From one generation to another Awareness Basic knowledge science English etc Screening sorting and selective talent System screens to see who fits best Also ranks them Conflict perspective Promotion of conservatism and biased values Education dominated by ruling class Promote ideology Class based education People who pay more for schooling are seen as top priority Educational institutions and women Every society believed women don t belong in school At least at some point past present Educational institutions and race Same as with women people believed only white s should have an education Exclusion has happened everywhere
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