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Sociology Chapter 13
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
05/12/2010

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Education
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In the broadest sense, the experiences that train, discipline, and shape the mental and physical potentials of the maturing person
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Informal Education
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Education that occurs in a spontaneous, unplanned way
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Formal Education
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A systematic, purposeful, planned effort intended to impart specific skills and modes of thought
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Schooling
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A program of formal, systematic instruction that takes place primarily in classrooms but also includes extracurricular activities and out-of-classroom assignments
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Illiteracy
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The inability to understand and use a symbol system, whether it is based on sounds, letters, numbers, pictographs, or some other type of symbol
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Functionally Illiterate
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Lacking the level of reading, writing, and calculating skills needed to function the society in which one lives
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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
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A concept that begins with a false definition of a situation. Despite its falsity, people assume it to be accurate and behave accordingly. The misguided behavior produces responses that confirm the false definition
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Formal Curriculum
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The various academic subjects, such as mathematics, science, English, reading, and physical education
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Hidden Curriculum
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All the other activities that go on as students learn subject matter, and the "lessons" that those other activities convey about the value and meaning of what the students are learning
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