Project: 2

The Institution
of Education
Sociology of Education

(Steven) Hung Tran

Professor Mozzini
Sociology 001

The History of Education

Early Civilization
With the gradual rise of more complex civilizations in the river valleys of Egypt
and Babylonia, knowledge became too complicated to transmit directly from
person to person and from generation to generation. To be able to function in
complex societies, man needed some way of accumulating, recording, and
preserving his cultural heritage. So with the rise of trade, government, and
formal religion came the invention of writing, by about 3100 BC.

The learning method was to memorization.

There was no teacher teaching back at the time so people often have to learn by their own
memorization.
However, over time, a lot of things has changed such as there are school for people to
study at now. Once they graduated high school, they will move on to college and obtain a
degree that theyre interested in. The degree is what going to change their future. Getting a
job, pay off student loan, and more.

Why is Education so Important

in Our Life?
A lot of job nowadays require degree and background education.
The company or wherever the place might be, hiring you, is always looking at whether or
not youre educated.
- Questions often being asked: Do you have any experiences?
Where did you study for college?
What kind of Degrees do you have?

Education is important because we get to learn and gain knowledge and use it in our
everyday life.
Education is very important to both your personal and professional life, in a
number of significant ways!

Subject Matter
English and language skills:This will help you to improve your
communication skills in society.
Math and science skills:Without math, you will not be able to do
any calculations, at least have some basic math skills.
The more you LEARN, the more you EARN:
Depending what kind of major or what youre studying, the more you
learn the more you earn, doctor degrees can take up to 10 years to
obtain and they get pay a lot because its involve human beings life.
So they have to study extra hard to know what theyre doing.

Aspects of Education
Socialization
-Education will improve a persons social skills such as how to
have a better conversation and choose the correct words to use
in conversation and writing.
Development of Personality
-According to Durkheim, education play an important role in
development of personality.
is to awaken and develop in the child those physical,
intellectual and moral states which are required of him both by
his society as a whole and by the milieu for which he is specially
designed

Aspects of Education
Continued

Social Control:
Education can also help a persons life to improve on the
behavior while socialization or interacting with people.
It transmit a way of life and communicating ideas to our life.

Job after Graduation

After graduating from college most people are struggling with
getting a job
-a lot of jobs nowadays require work experiences
-knowing what you want to do is important
-have a strong resume
-prepare for the real world because it is not the same as college
anymore
People often dont know which field they want to go to after
graduation
-this is common because everyone is so busy with studying,
fulfilling the requirements, graduated, but they never really
have times to think about their interesting of working field.

Student Debt
The higher the education, the more expensive it is.
- a lot of students are in debt after high school, not because
they went shopping too much, but student loan for studying.
Each major/career have a different amount of money for them
to pay the school and study.
- we usually have a certain time to pay off our debt after
graduation, some students end up paying it for the rest of their
life because of their income, and overtime, the interest from the
student loan keep on increasing.

Functionalist Perspectives
Durkheim believed that education created social solidary, and
that through education culture was easily transmitted through
beliefs and values. He viewed schools as a miniature society
with rules, and cooperation.

Conflict Perspectives
Conflict theorysees the purpose of education as maintaining
social inequality and preserving the power of those who
dominate society. Conflict theorists examine the same functions
of education as functionalists. Functionalists see education as a
beneficial contribution to an ordered society; however, conflict
theorists see the educational system as perpetuating the status
quo by dulling the lower classes into being obedient workers.

Reflection
Throughout this project, I believe that Education play an
important role in everyone life. In order to have a successful life,
one has to study hard in school and obtain a degree. In our
todays society, a lot of work place require work experiences, a
strong resume, and a degree that would make them have the
interested in hiring us. Without education, there will be many
obstacles and struggle in our life. A job is a job, but with higher
education we get to earn more from what weve learn. the
more you learn the more you earn this show that all your hard
work will pay off at the end if youre willing to put extra time in
studying.

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