Thesis Statement- Sociology of Education
Informative (Broad): Education is all efforts meant to impart knowledge into individuals, which shapes their values, motivates inspiration, and cultivates ethics and principles of existence.
Argumentative (Broad): Education is any deliberate process operating outside the family borderline, in which the community transmits knowledge in the form of values and norms in preparing the young generation for adult roles.
Informative (Specific): Education is a source of inspiration through knowledge and information sharing.
Argumentative (Specific): Education serves the role of preparing young people for adult life and is passed on by society.
Part 2: Persuasive Research Paper Outline
Thesis: Education serves the role of preparing young people for adult life and is passed on by society.
Outline:
- Education was used to prepare youths for adulthood in traditional African society. (Adeyemi & Adeyinka, 2003).
- Schools are institutions embedded socially within a social environment.
- The defining impact of education is to serve as a primary agent of socialization and allocation. (Meyer 1977).
- Education has key channels of mobility with a varied form of social testing that offers opportunities to stratify society.
Reference
Adeyemi, M. B., & Adeyinka, A. A. (2003). The principles and content of African traditional education. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 35(4), 425-440.
Meyer, J. W. (1977). The effects of education as an institution. American Journal of Sociology, 83(1), 55-77.