Education, Social Functions of

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ID18929155
AuthorsVasiliki Kantzara (Panteion University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Pages1-6
Publication date2016-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeOTHER
VenueThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405165518.wbeose097.pub3
OpenAlexW4239809370
ISBN9781405165518
LanguageEN
References cited19

Education as an institution is related in multiple ways to organized society. The education system has been established recently in human history and, since then, has found itself in a reciprocal relationship with other societal institutions and with society as a whole. In the sociology of education, in particular, this relationship has been analyzed by employing the term “function.” The most important functions of education are socialization and qualification: New members of society are socialized into the mores and codes of the dominant culture and equipped with qualifications testifying to the knowledge and skills necessary for their subsequent social roles as citizens. At a broader scale, education contributes to social integration and cohesion and guarantees societal continuity, but it also helps to reproduce existing hierarchies and inequalities in future generations. Education, one could argue, oscillates between degrees of societal preservation and transformation

Geography · Institution · Mores · Political science · Public relations · Reciprocal · Social science · Socialization · Sociology · Sociology of Education · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics

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