1. School as a Socializing Agent
Schools encourage individuals to adapt to a changing physical and social environment. The schools foster respect to the existing social order of society. ... The social order of society is communicated to children primarily in the classroom. ... Schools exert influence on individuals by their educational policies leading to achievement, by their formal organization of the introduction of students to authority, and by the social relationships that evolve in the classroom. ... The teacher-student relationship represents a different social experience for each individual and so leads...
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