Socialization

2. Socialization Enculturation is a synonym.

3. Socialization may be broadly defined as the learning of skills and attitudes necessary for playing given social roles within a social group. Skills and attitudes Given social roles A social group Links person and group Heath, page 6-7

4. Learning occurs through participation in a social group Participation in a social group means participating in a particular role �Legitimate peripheral participation�

5. What does learning look like?

6. People will learn different thingsaccording to�. The social groups to which they have access, in which they can participate. The social roles available to them in those social groups.

7. Childhood as a social identity that limits some roles and allows forothers.Although what childhood means in different social groups varies.

8. One learns across the lifecourse, not just as a child When one enters a new job When one enters a new phase of life: toddlerhood vs. elderhood

9. People participate in different social groups across their everyday lives and lifespans, and switch roles across those contexts.

10. Recruitment to learning

11. �Identity, knowing, and social membership all entail one another.� Lave, J. and E. Wenger. (1991). Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p.53.