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Chapter 12 Education and Religion - Flashcards

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Class:SOCIOL 101 - Sociology: An Introduction
Subject:Sociology
University:University of Missouri-Kansas City
Term:Spring 2011
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Education the social institution responsible for the systematic transmission of knowledge, skills, and cultural values within a formally organized structure.
Manifest functions (intended goals) of education 1. Socialization 2. Transmission of culture 3. Social control 4. Social placement 5. Change and innovation
Latent function (hidden or unintended): 1. Keeps kids off the street/restricts activities 2. Production of social networks 3. Creates a generation gap
Cultural capital Bourdieu’s term for people’s social assets, including values, beliefs, attitudes, and competencies in language and culture.
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Tracking assigning students to specific courses and educational programs on the basis of their test scores, previous grades, or both Lower tracks→ minorities/ low income Higher tracks→ whites/upper income
Hidden curriculum certain cultural values and attitudes are transmitted through implied demands in the everyday rules and routines of schools
Credentialism social selection in which class advantage and social status are linked to the possession of academic qualifications
Religion substantively defined as having a unique content or substance relating to the sacred that separates it from other forms of knowledge and belief
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Sacred ecompasses elements beyond everyday life that inspire respect, awe, and fear. This in contrast to the profane, which is defined as the ordinary and commonplace.
Religious beliefs statements to which members of a particular religion adhere
Rituals practices that are required or expected of members of a particular faith.
Ecclesia a religious organization that claims all members of a society and is recognized as the national or official religion
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Church a large, bureaucratically organized religious organization that tends to maintain some degree of control over larger society
Denomination a large, organized religion that is not officially linked to the state of government
Sect a small religious group that has broken away from a religious organization to renew what it considers the original vision of the faith.
Cult or New religious movement a small, alternative faith community that represents a new religion or a major innovation in an existing faith
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Secularization involves religion’s diminishing influence in the public sphere.
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 Educationthe social institution responsible for the systematic transmission of knowledge, skills, and cultural values within a formally organized structure.
 Manifest functions (intended goals) of education1. Socialization
2. Transmission of culture
3. Social control
4. Social placement
5. Change and innovation
 Latent function (hidden or unintended):1. Keeps kids off the street/restricts activities
2. Production of social networks
3. Creates a generation gap
 Cultural capitalBourdieu’s term for people’s social assets, including values, beliefs, attitudes, and competencies in language and culture.
 Trackingassigning students to specific courses and educational programs on the basis of their test scores, previous grades, or both
Lower tracks→ minorities/ low income
Higher tracks→ whites/upper income
 Hidden curriculumcertain cultural values and attitudes are transmitted through implied demands in the everyday rules and routines of schools
 Credentialismsocial selection in which class advantage and social status are linked to the possession of academic qualifications

 Religionsubstantively defined as having a unique content or substance relating to the sacred that separates it from other forms of knowledge and belief
 Sacredecompasses elements beyond everyday life that inspire respect, awe, and fear. This in contrast to the profane, which is defined as the ordinary and commonplace.
 Religious beliefs statements to which members of a particular religion adhere
 Ritualspractices that are required or expected of members of a particular faith.
 Ecclesiaa religious organization that claims all members of a society and is recognized as the national or official religion
 Churcha large, bureaucratically organized religious organization that tends to maintain some degree of control over larger society
 Denominationa large, organized religion that is not officially linked to the state of government
 Secta small religious group that has broken away from a religious organization to renew what it considers the original vision of the faith.
 Cult or New religious movementa small, alternative faith community that represents a new religion or a major innovation in an existing faith
 Secularizationinvolves religion’s diminishing influence in the public sphere.
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