FAMILY AND SCHOOL UNDERSTOOD AS AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION
FAMILY AND SCHOOL UNDERSTOOD AS AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION

Summary/Abstract: The concept of socialization is defined in the broad sense as a process through which a human being becomes a member of a society. Socialization process shall not achieve suddenly but gradually, being influenced by factors which vary from one society to another. In European societies and beyond, the family is no doubt the most important agent of socialization. Socialization process is directly related to one of the essential functions of the family that is raising and educating children. While each person's sex is a accentuated given, it is received by each child at birth, however, the issue membership in a specific gender requires an real learning process. The essential difference between the family as an agent of socialization and the school is in the nature of institutionalized, formal ruling of the latter. It follows the fact that the school is an essential step towards the acquisition and integration skills to living with others in a society.

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