SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Cultural Learning, Individualized Education Program, Social Reproduction

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Adolphine Y.Aggor- Boateng

Document Summary

Cultural transmission: cultural transmission: the process by which children and recent immigrants become acquainted with the dominant cultural beliefs, values, norms, and accumulated knowledge of a society. Functionalist perspectives on education: according to durkheim, education is crucial for the promotion of social solidarity and stability of a society, moral education: education that conveys moral values the foundation of a cohesive social order. Manifest functions of education: manifest functions: previously defined as open, stated, and intended goals or consequences of activities within an organization or institution, education serves six major manifest functions: Latent functions: hidden, unstated, and sometimes unintended consequences of activities within an organization or institution: education serves at least three latent functions: Cultural capital and class reproduction: education can be viewed as a vehicle for reproducing existing class relationships, cultural capital: pierre bourdieu"s term for people"s social assets, including their values, beliefs, attitudes, and competencies in language and culture.