From a functional point of view, education serves several important functions in society, which include: socialization, social integration, social placement, and finally, social and cultural innovation (Barkan, 2012). ... What this means is that the many immigrants living in the United States are actively being assimilated to American cultural beliefs and values. ... Another important role of education from a functionalist point of view is social and cultural innovation. ... Using the brain to appreciate art, philosophy, religion, science, etc. enriches the brain's ability to function as...

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David (1992:41) states that "As education and training have moved up the political agenda, we have witnessed the entry of industry and politics into 'secret garden' of education. Indeed politics does find itself influencing the effectiveness of education in a great deal. ... Such a political influence would affect the education system. ... This education system is aimed at providing two pathways as the name suggests. ... Cultural changes in society also influence the effectiveness of a curriculum. ...

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Sociology of Education – Social Dimension to Education In her article 'Educating Society' (2009) Julie McLeod's main focus is the sociology of education and how issues of class, race and ethnicity and gender intersect with education on a fundamental level. ... This ideal model of education belies class, gender and cultural heritage as social dividers, suggesting that all students are offered equal opportunity for success based on merit. The Ethnocentric view of education is that it maintains social inequalities by reinforcing and perpetuating ideas of a 'dominant&#...

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One of the major roles of the field of organization development has been to help organizations guide the direction of their evolution, that is, to enhance cultural elements that are viewed as critical to maintaining identity and to promote the "unlearning" of cultural elements that are viewed as increasingly dysfunctional. ... In such a situation one can observe leaders doing a number of different things, usually in combination, to produce the desired cultural changes. ... The second one introduces population growth and studies the interplay between exogenous and endogenous changes in the mi...

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Social underdevelopment refers to such factors as low education rates and high rates of illiteracy. ... The social factors that can be improved, such as education, will pave the way for elimination of many of the economic factors that plague many of the third world nations. ... While democracy is no doubt more difficult to enable and maintain in a multi-ethnic society, it is by no means impossible. ... After adopting and instituting the cultural values it is necessary to create the social and economic institutions that are present in today's modern countries. ...

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There is a misrepresentation of what diversity means and its implication on the Public Education in the United States. ... We have seen it in the Lone Star movie, which is a rich and rewarding exploration of the tensions and attractions between the people of this multi-racial community. ... Because of the subordinate status Mexican American students received an inferior quality of education and subtractive curriculum . ... Students not only encountered an unequal and segregated education, but they also received a subtractive curriculum, which prohibited the use of Spanish and were discourage...

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Education is highly valued in American culture; children are told when they are very young that education is the key to future success in life. Without education one could not do or have what one wants. ... Education and social class go hand in hand. ... Multi-cultural awareness, in this day, more people know more about different cultures. ... Education also promotes racial and culture awareness. ...

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However, possible causes include biological, family, school, and cultural factors. ... Finally, certain cultural environmental factors (including peer group, urbanization, and neighborhood factors) interact with the individual, the home, and the school and may also contribute to emotional disabilities. ... Environment causes cultural shapes how we perceive and respond to the world around us, expectations, Home parenting styles, discipline patterns, Schools curriculum factors may cause classroom behavior , failure, stress, school physical, environment, Peers significant causes on sexual attitu...

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(Boyd, 2002) pointed quoted a point from (The Copenhagen Centre for Partnership Studies,2002) stating that Social Partners and Social Partnership can be defined as: Social Partnership can be defined as a tri or multi-partite arrangement involving employers, trade unions, public authorities (the state and/or local/regional authorities) and/or others (e.g. voluntary sector). ... (Citizens Information, 2013) stated that Social partnership is the process by which the Government, employers, voluntary and community organizations and trade unions work out a plan that covers wages, industrial action, ...

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