SOC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Lester Frank Ward, American Sociological Association, Manifest And Latent Functions And Dysfunctions

• School: St. John's University
• Department: SOC - SOCIOLOGY
• Course: SOC 1001
• Professor: Robert Mangione

Document Summary

Education: lester frank ward, the first president of the american sociological. Society believed: the main purpose of education was to equalize society, inequality was due to the unequal distribution of knowledge, diffuse knowledge to all. Functionalists: stress the importance of education in socializing the young, transmitting the culture and developing skills. Conflict theorists: note that education preserves social class distinctions, maintains social control, and promotes inequality. Socialization: there is a need for the formal educational system to extended the socialization process that starts in the family. Cultural transmission: major portions of society"s knowledge are passed from one generation to the next. Academic skills: what you learn at home v. what you learn at school. Child care: one latent function of many public schools is to provide child care outside the nuclear family. Postponing job hunting: more and more young american adults are choosing to continue their education after graduating from high school.