Sociology

Various relationships exist between socialization and education. These include thefollowing:

a)                 Socialization can be positive and negative on the learner depending on what hasbeenpassedover.Education,ontheotherhand,issupposedtobepositive.

b)                  The two involve acquisition of new aspects in life. These include knowledge, attitudes, skills values andnorms.

c)                 Socialization and education can be viewed as processes of trying to equip learners with necessaryskills.

d)                Socialization can be planned and unplanned, while education calls for scheming and planning. However, the end result is the same since the learner has to change his behaviour towards the intendedgoal.

e)                 Both socialization and education require a conducive atmosphere to  succeed,  whether at school or atborne.

f)                  Both socialization and education must be carried out by agents. These are  people who know how to impart certainknowledge.

g)                Cultural values and norms canbe imparted during the teaching time.

h)                Education is terminal while socialization is continuous. Socialization can take place inandoutofa.schoolsettingwhileeducationismostlyfoundinschoolsettings.

i)                   Socialization and education aim at making an individual complete and useful to himself and to thesociety.