Chapter 12 Of Seeing Sociology Essay
ESSAY WRITTEN BY RACHEL CAMP
In chapter 12 of Seeing Sociology, by Joan Ferrante, it discusses the different forms of education, as well as, religion. To begin with, it explains the difference between an education and schooling. For example, education can involve no curriculum while schooling must involve some form of curriculum. More specifically the two basic types of curriculum used during a student’s schooling are formal and hidden. The first type curriculum is formal curriculum, which involves a program of planned lessons, resources, and testing supplied by an actual school’s facilities. The second type of curriculum practiced is a hidden curriculum, the unintended lessons that students pick up on without realizing it.
For the majority of my childhood, I was able to experience the form of hidden curriculum. Up until high school I was …show more content…
In my personal life, as a Christian, I have picked up certain religious rituals from my family, as well as fellow friends who are Christians. Rituals can be defined simply a set of rules intended to organize a group of people. One of the smaller rituals I was taught as a child was to thank God for the food I was about to eat. Which may seem odd at first, but it just simply a brief acknowledgement of the blessings God has given us. The strange thing is I would do it before every single meal even if I was alone, and somewhere down the line I unconsciously stopped doing it. Not that I refuse to, but many times when I’m alone and in a hurry, I forget. Another ritual is praying to God, but even though I don’t have a set time where I do it every day. Instead it’s more of a natural and random happening. The more constant, traditional ritual I practice weekly is going to my church on Sundays. All the while, these “rituals” I participate never actually feel like a set of rules or duties, I genuinely enjoy them, and they feel important to my
In chapter 12 of Seeing Sociology, by Joan Ferrante, it discusses the different forms of education, as well as, religion. To begin with, it explains the difference between an education and schooling. For example, education can involve no curriculum while schooling must involve some form of curriculum. More specifically the two basic types of curriculum used during a student’s schooling are formal and hidden. The first type curriculum is formal curriculum, which involves a program of planned lessons, resources, and testing supplied by an actual school’s facilities. The second type of curriculum practiced is a hidden curriculum, the unintended lessons that students pick up on without realizing it.
For the majority of my childhood, I was able to experience the form of hidden curriculum. Up until high school I was …show more content…
In my personal life, as a Christian, I have picked up certain religious rituals from my family, as well as fellow friends who are Christians. Rituals can be defined simply a set of rules intended to organize a group of people. One of the smaller rituals I was taught as a child was to thank God for the food I was about to eat. Which may seem odd at first, but it just simply a brief acknowledgement of the blessings God has given us. The strange thing is I would do it before every single meal even if I was alone, and somewhere down the line I unconsciously stopped doing it. Not that I refuse to, but many times when I’m alone and in a hurry, I forget. Another ritual is praying to God, but even though I don’t have a set time where I do it every day. Instead it’s more of a natural and random happening. The more constant, traditional ritual I practice weekly is going to my church on Sundays. All the while, these “rituals” I participate never actually feel like a set of rules or duties, I genuinely enjoy them, and they feel important to my