Evaluate the claim that in modern industrial societies state education systems act as a means of social control.
Evaluate the claim that in modern industrial societies state education systems act as a means of social control.
Education is seen as one of the social institutions for socialization in society. Social control and socialization are closely related to each other. Social control is a part of socialization. During the process of socialization the process of social control also is in operation. Through socialization social control becomes effective. In order to maintain the social order there are definite procedures in society. Societies depend heavily upon effective socialization to internalize social norms and values as the individual’s guides and motives to action. Through socialization societies aim to control the behavior of its members subconsciously. The various agencies of socialization like family, state, school, club etc are also the agencies of social control. They exercise regulatory influence over the behavior of the individual. Marxists would say that through education, values and norms of the ruling class are transmitted to new members of society whereas feminists would say that education socializes girls into the typical female roles such as carers and etc.
Karl Marx, saw society as fragmented into groups that compete for social and economic resources. He believed that social order is maintained by domination, with power in the hands of those with the greatest political, economic, and social resources. When consensus exists, it is attributable to people being united around common interests, often in opposition to other groups. This perspective emphasizes social control, not consensus and conformity. Groups and individuals advance their own interests, struggling over control of societal resources. Those with the most resources exercise power over others with inequality and power struggles resulting. There is great attention paid to class, race, and gender in this perspective because they are seen as the grounds of the most pertinent and enduring
Education is seen as one of the social institutions for socialization in society. Social control and socialization are closely related to each other. Social control is a part of socialization. During the process of socialization the process of social control also is in operation. Through socialization social control becomes effective. In order to maintain the social order there are definite procedures in society. Societies depend heavily upon effective socialization to internalize social norms and values as the individual’s guides and motives to action. Through socialization societies aim to control the behavior of its members subconsciously. The various agencies of socialization like family, state, school, club etc are also the agencies of social control. They exercise regulatory influence over the behavior of the individual. Marxists would say that through education, values and norms of the ruling class are transmitted to new members of society whereas feminists would say that education socializes girls into the typical female roles such as carers and etc.
Karl Marx, saw society as fragmented into groups that compete for social and economic resources. He believed that social order is maintained by domination, with power in the hands of those with the greatest political, economic, and social resources. When consensus exists, it is attributable to people being united around common interests, often in opposition to other groups. This perspective emphasizes social control, not consensus and conformity. Groups and individuals advance their own interests, struggling over control of societal resources. Those with the most resources exercise power over others with inequality and power struggles resulting. There is great attention paid to class, race, and gender in this perspective because they are seen as the grounds of the most pertinent and enduring