EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Hence, from the above-mentioned points, it becomes clear that ‘Education’ is the basic principle of socializing individuals.

Detailed explanation-2: -Together with other social forces it plays an important role in shaping the structure of society. Through education society imparts its knowledge, skill, values and behavioural patterns to its younger generations. Thereby ensuring self preservation and continuity. In this sense education is a process of socialization.

Detailed explanation-3: -The process of an individual’s socialization is in fact the process of education. Generally speaking, socialization refers to a process in which an individual accepts a given set of cultural norms and becomes a member of a given society. Every society has its unique pattern of social behavior.

Detailed explanation-4: -At each stage of socialization, the child internalizes a system of roles, not just one role. Socialization consists of four stages from infancy to adulthood. They are-(1) The oral stage, (2) The anal stage, (3) The oedipal stage and (4) Adolescence.