SOC100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Credentialism And Educational Inflation, Jean Anyon, Meritocracy
23 Sep 2016
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The social institution of education is vitally important in socialization and status formation, social order, and economic productivity. When we refer to the institution of education, we are talking about it in terms of an enduring set of ideas about how to accomplish goals that are deemed important within a society or culture. Education is an extremely powerful tool for promoting ideas among impressionable young people. As a child, you spend more time at school than with your parents. Over time, the child becomes a stranger, in a sense. This is a result of modern societies and their institutionalized structure. Re ects elements of durkheim"s anomie - a state of confusion caused when the bond between individuals and social institutions breaks down. Education also has a signi cant impact on the socialization of children. How children do in school plays a signi cant role in determining their potential social mobility later in life.
