SOC101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Herbert Gintis, Talcott Parsons, Symbolic Interactionism
15 Dec 2013
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Education is the formal learning that takes place in institutions that provide specific courses, learning activities, or credentials in an organized way. Informal learning occurs when people undertake specific activities to learn about distinct phenomena or processes. Formal and informal education is part of socialization which refers to all direct/indirect learning related to a human"s ability to understand rules and expectations of the social world. There is an increase in educational attainment of canadians since the mid-20th century, (visuals on p. 330). Growing emphasis on the importance of formal education has been matched by 3 factors: Recent emphasis on the selection of highly educated immigrants. In the late 19th to mid-20th centuries, few occupations required educational credentials. Early advocates of public schooling had to convince the public of the merits of the educational system. When credentials became more important for jobs later on, people became more likely to extend their schooling into and beyond high school.
