Education as a Social Institution
CLEP Sociology – Chapter 13 Education as a Social Institution CLEP Introductory Sociology · Chapter 13 Education as a Social Institution Education is the social institution through which societies transmit knowledge, skills, values, and cultural expectations. Schooling is its organized formal component. Learning also occurs in families, peer groups, workplaces, religious communities, media, and daily […]
Secularization, Religious Change, and Civil Religion
CLEP Sociology – Chapter 12 Secularization, Religious Change, and Civil Religion CLEP Introductory Sociology · Chapter 12 Secularization is a decline in religious authority, participation, belief, or social influence. Those dimensions can move separately. Attendance can fall while private belief remains strong, and the state can reduce religious control of law while congregations continue to […]
