1. Functions of Education
Cultural transmission
Thoughts, ideas, knowledge, norms, values, attitudes, and beliefs
Anticipatory Socialization
Teaching knowledge and skills necessary for successful fulfillment
of future roles and statuses
Integration
Bringing together people from diverse social backgrounds so they share common social experiences and develop commonly held norms, attitudes and beliefs
Innovation
Creating new knowledge and finding new ways to use existing knowledge

2. Self-fulfilling Prophecy
Hidden Curriculum
Designed to teach the dominant values and norms of society and reinforce the status quo
Social control by promoting conformity, obedience to authority, legitimating of existing social structure such as
Male domination
Eurocentrism
Tracking
Placing students perceived to have similar intelligence and academic abilities in the same classroom
Vocational programs “Tech Campus”
College prep courses “AP”
Pygmalion Effect
Occurs when teachers who expect students to succeed and excel are motivated to work with them to ensure they do
Self-fulfilling Prophecy
Predictions about students’ abilities shape the students’ future actions and behaviors in such a way that predictions come true