SOCIAL ISSUE RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

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Social Issue Relating to Early Childhood Education
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Social Issue Relating to Early Childhood Education
Introduction
The Issue: Social stratification in early childhood education
Social stratification has been defined by various media sources as the differential access
to status, power, and autonomy occurring across social groups. In some cases, it has been
elucidated as social inequality, where some groups have greater access to more resources than
others; thus, resource allocation is inherently unequal. Stratification has been mainly reported in
the country, where significant systems of stratification are based on gender, race, and social class
exists (a ranking of groups or individuals in a society) (Kerbo, 2017).
Facts
The first fact is that both inequality and stratification are not natural but are social
differences existing among individuals in terms of natural endowments inclusive of mental
capacity, physical strength and beauty ‘through they don’t for the basis of social ranking.’
Societal ranking entails differences in prestige, wealth, and power. Additionally, stratification in
early childhood education consists of how social position determines other life aspects, for
instance, a child’s family organization, adherence to religion, and the extent to the child’s early
childhood education. In fact, in Australia, it stratification is more sharp in the education sector.
What others Say
According to others, stratification fosters more concern regarding questions of the
structure at the expense of more fundamental challenges about the processes generating the same
structures (Lenski, 2013).
Presentation across Literature
Socioeconomic status or social stratification has given birth to a societal phenomenon
whereby those children from families with more significant economic resources have greater

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access to increased opportunities than those from families with fewer finances. According to
research, those with a myriad of options succeed academically than those from lower levels of
class-based systems. Though the divisions are mostly centred on ethnicity, race, gender, and
religion, today’s entry focuses more particularly on the inequalities socioeconomically. As a
result of this, social stratification has become widespread, and it exists in almost every society,
even if it is occurring in a form that is slightly different.
Uncovering the accounts for differences in social stratification within the society
generally and in some unique communities is a goal of the field that is long-standing. The early
sociologists of stratification and their works spurred by Durkheim, Marx, and Weber’s work
appeared to deal with questions suchlike how? And why? Stratification in the first place began.
Stakeholders’ Involvement
The primary stakeholder and perpetrator of social stratification affecting early childhood
education is the family. As a matter of fact, many families in Australia contribute to social
stratification through the reinforcement of patriarchy and support of economic inequality. Form
the patriarchal ideologies and economic disparities, family problems are always stemmed.
Additionally, a child’s family can also become a source of conflicts, such as emotional cruelty
and physical violence against its members. As per the conflict, theory families point to problems
within the very families. Case in the point, as a social institution, it is the major contributor to
social inequality. Due to the fact that families significantly differ in the amount of wealth they
each possess and that most families pass their wealth to their children, the existing inequality is
reinforced through these actions. As it has been developing through the centuries, particularly
during industrialization, the family too became a unit that was more patriarchal, thus raising the
status of men at the top of the social hierarchy.