Sociology › Section P · Education › Topic P.1
Education around the world
Every society teaches its young, but what they learn, for how long and with what resources varies enormously. Comparing education systems shows how wealth, values and policy shape who gets to learn, at home and across the world.
In this topic
- Education as a social institution
- Formal and informal education
- Cultural transmission
- Global access to schooling
- Comparing achievement: PISA
- Finland: a case and a caution
- Universal access in the United States
- Worked example: formal or informal?
- Worked example: a spending gap
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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