As primary agents of childhood socialization, schools play a critical role in teaching children the values and customs of the larger society. This view of the socialization process is most likely of particular interest to which sociological perspective?

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Matteo

7 June, 08:23

As primary agents of childhood socialization, schools play a critical role in teaching children the values and customs of the larger society. This view of the socialization process is most likely of particular interest to which sociological perspective?

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Bryan Burke · Answer 1

The view of the socialization process is most likely of particular interest to symbolic interactionism.

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Symbolic interactionism is a sociological perspective among those called the micro theories. It focuses on the socialization process and how it affects the sense of self a person has as well as the learning of different roles within society. Symbolic interactionism has found that the school is an important socialization agent, teaching, through role play and game, roles and rules of the larger society. It is also the next socialization agent that children encounter outside their family, which according to symbolic interactionism, is the first socialization agent.