The term became associated with school disciplinary procedures in 1994 when the Gun-Free Schools Act was passed in the United States, which required that students who possessed a firearm at school be expelled for no less than one year (Cerrone 1999). Describe the processes by which socialization occurs in schools. Studies have found that classrooms in the lower tracks have a variety of less desirable characteristics that undoubtedly impact on the learning of students such as less experienced teachers, less challenging coursework, and teachers with lower expectations of students (Katz 1999). In Chapter 2, Meads theory of development of the self was discussed. The third dimension of socialization is cultural conformity. Public schools tend to focus more on the testing side of the education because that is where they obtain their funding and a child might be offered a chance to be introduced to diversity, whereas private school has more time and the means to explore socialization in many other forms like field trips and such. The child interacts with many features of his or her environment which all contribute to the childs social development. Socialization In other words, they felt that they were more likely to receive disciplinary action for a rule infraction than White students. An analysis of the relationship between character and citizenship education revealed that the overarching message was to promote assimilation into Canadian society (Winton 2007).4. Methods of socialization includes affective methods, operant methods, observational methods, cognitive methods, sociocultural methods, and apprenticeship Jussim and Harber (2005) found that the expectations that teachers have about their students influenced how they behaved toward them. (2007), many social identity groups among peers are still strongly associated with socioeconomic background (i.e., the popular kids and jocks often come from the higher social classes, while the deviants come from the lower social classes). Peer-rejected children often display social skills that make them undesirable playmates and friends to other children. In this chapter, however, the main focus is on how schools contribute to the socialization of children.
