Around the world, many children do not have access to education for a variety of reasons including race, gender, and economic status.
Explain the diversity of educational experiences children have in your context.
How does that fit with the idea of schooling having a sociological function?
What should the function and purpose of school and education be?
Resources
Anderson-Levitt, K. M. (2005). The schoolyard gate: Schooling and childhood in global perspective. Journal of Social History, 38(4), 987. http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A133934741/AONE?u=lirn17237&sid=AONE&xid=c28ffaf8
This article looks at the effects of schooling on societies.
2. Ch 1: Schooling, learning and the promise of education. In World Development Report 2018 : Learning to Realize Education’s Promise. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/28340
Chapter 1 discusses the promise of education around the world.
3. Curtis, M. (2009). A world of discrimination: Minorities, indigenous peoples, and education. Minorityrights. http://minorityrights.org/wp-content/uploads/old-site-downloads/download-655-A-world-of-discrimination.pdf
Mr. Curtis discusses many of the issues facing minorities and indigenous peoples around the world.
Sikhauli, S. (n.d.). Meaning, scope & functions of philosophy of education. In MA. Edu. Philosophy, pp. 191-197. https://www.academia.edu/34327764/M.A._Edu._Philosophy.
Chapter 17 offers us a discussion of the concepts of education as a human right. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights will be outlined as a counterpoint to the forthcoming discussion of issues impacting access to a meaningful education.
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