1988．第16卷第1期（Vol. 16 No. 1）．pp. 2–13
教育制度的社化功能──一個理論的爭辯
The Socializing Function of Educational Institution — A Theoretical Debate
曾榮光（Wing-Kwong TSANG）
摘要
本文將會對教育社會學中，有關教育制度社化功能的理論爭論作一介紹及說明。討論的理論觀點包括有：結構－功能主義、韋伯衝突學派、及新馬克思學派的再生產理論與抗拒理論。並透過對這理論爭辯的整理，以勾劃出在社化與教育的研究中，在理論觀點、概念理解、及方法學取向上的發展以至進展。本文旨在把一些新近的社會學觀點介紹到香港的教育議論中。
Abstract
The theoretical debate on the socializing function of educational institution among sociologists will be accounted in this paper. The theoretical perspectives explicated will include Structural-functionalism, Weberian conflict theory, and the Neo-Marxian theory of reproduction and resistance. Inducing from the debate, the development, or even the progress, on the theoretical perspective, conceptual understanding, and methodological approach of the inquiry on socialization and education will be highlighted. It aims at introducing some current sociological insights to the discourse on education in Hong Kong.