Soc 101 Week 3 Assignment
Soc 101
Week 3 Assignment
A discipline that must not be gender biased. Everyone needs one and it doesn’t matter how far you go in it, as long as you get a good one. This is very useful in everything that you will do in life and how much of this that you have depends on your position, pay and so on. From functionalist to symbolic interactionist to conflict discuss that education is powerful in all ways.
Education is a very powerful tool in the toolbox of life. According to Nelson Mandela “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” All of the knowledge that you will gain is remarkable. Now a high school diploma is nothing and it will get you the lowest paid worse jobs ever. Education gives us knowledge of the world around us. It develops in us a perspective of looking at life. It helps us build opinions and have points of view on things in life.
Functionalist and education focuses on the way that education serves the needs of society. They see education as a way of conveying basic knowledge and skills to the upcoming generations. Functionalist put an emphasis on positive aspects of schools such as socialization which is the learning of skills and attitudes in school. Skills provisions like literacy and numeracy are important to them as well. Role allocation is all parts of this education which allocates people to the most appropriate jobs for their talents using examinations and qualifications. Education helps maintain society by socializing young people into values of achievement, competition and equality of opportunity. Functionalists believe that society is held together by cohesion meaning that the members of the society agree upon and work together to achieve what is best for society as a whole. The government, or state, provides education for the children of the family, which in turn pays taxes on which the state depends to keep itself running. You are doing more than educating about math and science, you are
Week 3 Assignment
A discipline that must not be gender biased. Everyone needs one and it doesn’t matter how far you go in it, as long as you get a good one. This is very useful in everything that you will do in life and how much of this that you have depends on your position, pay and so on. From functionalist to symbolic interactionist to conflict discuss that education is powerful in all ways.
Education is a very powerful tool in the toolbox of life. According to Nelson Mandela “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” All of the knowledge that you will gain is remarkable. Now a high school diploma is nothing and it will get you the lowest paid worse jobs ever. Education gives us knowledge of the world around us. It develops in us a perspective of looking at life. It helps us build opinions and have points of view on things in life.
Functionalist and education focuses on the way that education serves the needs of society. They see education as a way of conveying basic knowledge and skills to the upcoming generations. Functionalist put an emphasis on positive aspects of schools such as socialization which is the learning of skills and attitudes in school. Skills provisions like literacy and numeracy are important to them as well. Role allocation is all parts of this education which allocates people to the most appropriate jobs for their talents using examinations and qualifications. Education helps maintain society by socializing young people into values of achievement, competition and equality of opportunity. Functionalists believe that society is held together by cohesion meaning that the members of the society agree upon and work together to achieve what is best for society as a whole. The government, or state, provides education for the children of the family, which in turn pays taxes on which the state depends to keep itself running. You are doing more than educating about math and science, you are
References: On the Essence of Education Alexander M Sidorkin Studies in Philosophy and Education. Boston: Sep 2011. Vol. 30, Iss. 5; p. 521 www.about.com (Functionalist, Conflict and Symbolic Theory) Anderson, M.L. and Taylor, H.F. (2009). Sociology: The Essentials. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth. Morais, Ana M Neves, Isabel P Fontinhas, Fernanda.British Journal of Sociology of Education 20. 1 (Mar 1999): 37-53. Understanding education: a sociological perspective Armstrong, J.Choice 47. 11 (Jul 2010): 2163-2164.