Socialization Enculturation is a synonym Socialization may be

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. • • • 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.