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SOCIALIZATION
and EDUCATION
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Becoming
Human; A Lifetime Process
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Module
Introduction (Hub)
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Documents
Included in the Module
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Since
culture is learned, we should examine the learning process
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which makes us human, is learned. |
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Learning,
therefore, is a process of becoming human. |
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While from the point of view of the
individual, the process is what makes us human, in contrast, from the point
of view of society and culture, it is the means that culture and society
perpetuates (reproduces) itself.
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Both socialization and education involve
learning, but there is a difference important in sociology.
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happens every day of our lives, is not planned, involves our learning our
identities, the nature of reality, and how to get along with others. |
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Education, in contrast, is planned,
usually involves a formal organization with the responsibility of providing
and monitoring the learning, and concentrates on finite skills and knowledge. |
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in sociology follow from this difference. |
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The study of education looks at our
social institutions responsible for learning, while the study of socialization
looks at how culture perpetuates itself. |
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As with the other sociology modules,
this is a set of lecture notes aimed at the beginning learner of sociology.
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The document, “An
Aural method to Learn an Oral Language,” is an effective and proven
method for learning a new language based upon how you learned your first
language, part of your primary socialization, in contrast to the rules
based formal methods usually taught in schools.
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