Gender education and the socialisation process: a study of educational and occupational orientation among college students Orissa

Abstract

newline Socialisation IS thc process through which individuals locate newlinethemselves in society through various agencies such as hmily pcergroup newlineand educational institution In the most gcneral scnse the process newlinethrough which individuals acquire the social knowledge and skill is newlinenecessary to enable them to interact with others TWLJ important newlinecomponents emerge out of this statement The first cOl1lponcnt seems to newlinesuggest that the socialisation is about the acquisition of necessary skills to newlinecopc with social life Here the implication is that even though the child is newlineborn socially incompetent he or she is fundamentally active not newlinepassIve In his her dealings with other people This view underpins the newlinepen111sslve emphasis on the biological model of socialisation The second newlineVICW emphasises the social and cultural forces newline newlinet1l1plngll1g on the newlineindividual frolll the llloment of his or her birth The individual confronts