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Socialization
Enculturation is a synonym.
Socialization may be broadly
defined as the learning of skills and
attitudes necessary for playing
given social roles within a social
group.
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Skills and attitudes
Given social roles
A social group
Links person and group
Heath, page 6-7
Learning occurs through
participation in a social group
• Participation in a social
group means
participating in a
particular role
• “Legitimate peripheral
participation”
What does learning look like?
People will learn different things
according to….
1. The social
groups to
which they
have access,
in which they
can
participate.
2. The social
roles available
to them in
those social
groups.
Childhood as a social identity that limits
some roles and allows forothers.
Although what childhood means in different
social groups varies.
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
People participate in different social
groups across their everyday lives
and lifespans, and switch roles
across those contexts.
Recruitment to learning
“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.