Essays Tagged: "socialisation"

Asses the usfulness of the functionalist perspective on education.

The Functionalist perspective argues that education has three broad functions. These are Secondary Socialisation which is socialising young people into key cultural values. Skill provision this sugge ... ionalists argue that schools serve both the interests of individuals and society, through secondary socialisation, skills provisions and role allocations.

(2 pages) 121 1 3.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

gender roles

Describe and comment on your experience of gender role in socialisationIn all aspects of every society, gender identity must be established. It is at birth wh ... found that many women could do the same task to the same standard as most men. According to gender socialisation men are supposed to be strong, and as a result most men go through their lives thinkin ... look after the children and keep the house clean and tidy. All this comes from strong family gender socialisation, dad teaches his son and mam teaches her daughter.Coming right up to date the role of ...

(3 pages) 256 4 4.2 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

In Socialisation How Conscious Are We of the 'Deals' We Make?

Socialisation is an inevitable and crucial process which involves adapting to the behaviour patterns ... t to much controversy and debate. This essay will attempt to evaluate these ideas; it will show how socialisation occurs and the outcomes and implications of such. The human being is an intricate and ... the outcomes and implications of such. The human being is an intricate and complex entity, and from socialisation we are shown how this complexity is brought into being through mainly unconscious acqu ...

(5 pages) 84 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Parenting in this rapidly modernizing world.

en internalise what their parents teach them. Once they start growing up, they become a part of the socialisation process. And due to poor facility, fulty socialization, lack of love and care from par ...

(3 pages) 74 0 4.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

The History of Gangs in America.

in poverty. The first gangs were formed among poor adolescents who grouped together for the sake of socialisation and protection. They were of the same race or the same ethnic background. The first kn ...

(9 pages) 16940 1 4.8 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Assess the usefulness of sociological explanations for patterns of educational achievement.

ciety.Schooling is the means by which we are formally educated and falls under the wider process of socialisation, or how we learn to acquire the ideas and values of the society that we live in."Educa ... t was believed that middle-class children were more likely to succeed at school because their early socialisation equipped them with the type of skills, values, attitudes and aspirations that the educ ...

(11 pages) 282 0 4.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Groups marginalised in Society

ds. Providing people with inclusive leisure programmes with non-disabled persons assists with their socialisation. However, lack of tolerance in the community at large, financial constraints, difficul ...

(2 pages) 97 0 4.1 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Alternative

An analysis of the movie "Women of the sun" based on the life of the "Nyari People". Australian Aboriginals

en of the Sun" and my own personal research on aboriginal culture, the following issues of* Socialisation,* Values and beliefs,* Social identity,* Ceremonies,* ... sanctionsAre of great significance in aboriginal society and I will elaborate on these points below.Socialisation-To start off with, let us go over the term socialisation to understand the meaning of ...

(6 pages) 53 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Socialisation in children

Socialisation in childrenSocial skills in young children need a variety of influences to develop. Ch ... and quantity of relationships. Relationships with family, friends, and people in the community. The socialisation of a child is also developed by the cultures and sub-cultures around them. For instanc ...

(3 pages) 72 1 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

What is functionalism?

utions, such as the family and education, that all work together in moulding the individual through socialisation, therefore integrating them into the common value consensus that everyone shares. It f ...

(6 pages) 224 1 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Education and Marxism

th Marxist theory. Durkheim and Parsons are two key sociologists who saw education as important for socialisation, its function being to transmit shared cultural values to the next generation. Since e ...

(9 pages) 167 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Briefly discuss the stages of the lifespan. Choose one stage and discuss the needs of a person at this stage.

Such influences include nourishment, environment, heredity, sleep, religion, culture, education and socialisation.The prime stage, and beginning of life, is conception. This is the fertilisation of ma ...

(5 pages) 164 2 4.6 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

How are some groups marginalised within society? What effect might this have on a person's leisure choices?

ds. Providing people with inclusive leisure programmes with non-disabled persons assists with their socialisation. However, lack of tolerance in the community at large, financial constraints, difficul ...

(2 pages) 47 0 0.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Discuss the theme of suffering in Mary Shelly's 'Frankenstein', and P.B. Shelly's 'Alastor: or the spirit of solitude'

ure of the wanderer or vagrant. Romantic writers produced works revealing extremes of isolation and socialisation, creating 'either a wild beast or a god' and proving that although solitude can render ...

(13 pages) 73 0 5.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Education and Life Chances in Modern Education

the social reproduction of ideas, the life chances created and instilled through education, and the socialisation of the individuals undergoing the educational process. Two main sociological perspecti ... the different approaches by stating that, "functionalists tend to see education as synonymous with socialisation, while a conflict theorist is inclined to view education as ideological- that is, refl ...

(7 pages) 303 0 5.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

SOCIALISATION

The term socialisation can be used in describing the process of the State taking over services, industry and ... dustry and other institutions of a society for the benefit of it's members. However, in our context socialisation is, "The process by which an individual acquires the knowledge appropriate to a given ... an individual acquires the knowledge appropriate to a given society" (Peterson, C., p 373). Through socialisation, the individual becomes integrated into, and behaves adaptively within a society, weth ...

(2 pages) 49 0 4.4 Sep/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Socialisation

hieve a distinct sense of self in order tobecome functional members in a society, is referred to as socialisation.This essay will use an extensive collection of texts to examine the process ofsocialis ... mine the process ofsocialisation, articulating how such a process contributes to society as a whole.Socialisation is a life long learning process that is essential to human existenceand development. T ...

(6 pages) 134 0 5.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays

The construction on gender roles and sexual orientation in "Mulan."

Texts and film are powerful socialisation tools and as Fox (1993) points out everything that we read or watch (in this case) con ...

(7 pages) 93 0 3.7 Oct/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Charles Bukowski's opinion on working - Poetic analyses and interpretations.

1. Preface.This essay will examine how Bukowski mirrored his experiences, his socialisation and his professional life in his texts considering as example two of his poems (Commer ...

(14 pages) 47 0 3.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

What is motivation, during sport?

onnaire. Articles in magazines and newspapers as well as some coaching textbooks often suggest that socialisation is a major value of participating in youth sports. Is it the social aspect of hockey o ...

(2 pages) 44 0 3.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports