SOC 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Hidden Curriculum

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Halyna Mokrushyna

Document Summary

Socialization life long process of social interaction through which individuals acquire a self identity and physical, mental, and social skills needed for survival in society. Being conscious of ourselves as individuals with unique identities, personalities, and relationships with others. Having capacity to think and make rational decision. Every human being is a product of biology, society, personal experiences. Persons, groups, or institutions that teach us what we need to know to participate in society family, school, peer groups, mass media. Develop sense of self and acquire most of our beliefs and values in the transmits cultural and social values to us family. Determines to a large extent our specific social position in society. Socialization or teaching students to be productive members of society. Selection, training, placement of individuals on different rungs of society. Students experience at school is defined by social position. Hidden curriculum: values of competition, materialism, work over play, obedience to authority and attentiveness.