Family, Religion, and Education Family, Religion, and Education Amporn W. Tamronglak 1 Associate Professor Amporn W. Tamronglak, Ph.D. Faculty of Political Science Thammasat University
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Associate Professor Amporn W. Tamronglak, Ph.D. Faculty of
Political Science
Thammasat University
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Marriage relationshipsMarriage relationships Monogamy
Polygamy
– Polygyny: one man and two or more women – Polyandry: one woman
and two or more men, in
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– Polyandry: one woman and two or more men, in Tibet, India,
Marquesas Island, the Himalayas, etc.
– Cenogamy: several men marry to several women – Gay marriage –
Blended or reconstituted family: two parents with
children from a previous marriage or relationship
POLYANDRY in the HimalayasPOLYANDRY in the Himalayas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4yjrD Svze0
Endogamy: marriage within the kinship or other social group
Exogamy: marriage outside the group
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making your own choice?
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Endogamy: CasteEndogamy: Caste To maintain the "purity" of
hereditary lines The standard model of caste is taken from
traditional East Indian society, where membership in heredity
groups strictly membership in heredity groups strictly determined
occupation and ritual purity: the Nayar.
California had a statue in place that banned marriages between
Whites and Blacks or Asians until 1948, when it was declared
unconstitutional by a state court.
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Endogamy: ClassEndogamy: Class
Involves a stratification of the society according to wealth,
occupation, and related criteria. Many studies have shown that
Americans Many studies have shown that Americans tend to marry
within general social class boundaries, particularly educational
background.
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A case of SingaporeA case of Singapore Stop at Two 1986, “Have
Three or More, if You Can Afford It." A new package of incentives
for large families
reversed the earlier incentives for small families. – tax rebates
for third children
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– tax rebates for third children – subsidies for daycare – priority
in school enrollment for children from large families – priority in
assignment of large families to Housing and Development
Board apartments – extended sick leave for civil servants to look
after sick children and up
to four years' unpaid maternity leave for civil servants. –
Pregnant women were to be offered increased counseling to
discourage
"abortions of convenience" or sterilization after the birth of one
or two children.
– Tax rebate of S$20,000 for fourth children born after January 1,
1988
Family ControlFamily Control
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Equalitarian family
What are the functions of the What are the functions of the
family?family? Reproduction To ensure that the young are well
adjusted
to the society
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to the society Socialization so that they grow up to be
productive biologically, physically, and socially
Affection and companionship Help parents to stay well
adjusted
Divorce: interesting statisticsDivorce: interesting
statistics
In U.S., the ratio of divorces to marriages has changed
instantly.
40% of the 1st marriages end in the divorce, 80% of these people
would
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40% of the 1 marriages end in the divorce, 80% of these people
would remarry and 45% of them would end in divorce again.
Approximately 1 divorce to every 2 marriages
Technological effect on the Technological effect on the
familyfamily Ability to plan the pregnancies Enable infertile women
to have children Able to work at home while taking care of
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Able to work at home while taking care of children
Ability to choose gender of the child
What are the family What are the family issues today?issues
today?
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Single-parent family Child care Family violence Child abuse Teenage
pregnancy and abortion/ teen
moms
– Christianity, Judaism, Islam, etc. – Christianity: Roman
Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern
Orthodox
Orthodox Polytheistic: belief in many gods, e.g. Hinduism Ethical:
Buddhism, Confucianism, Shintoism and
Taoism, studying the principles that define the order of the
universe
Ancestral: belief in spirit or souls, supernatural and sacred
power, charms, etc.
Major Religions of the World
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Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents 1.
Christianity: 2.1 billion
2. Islam: 1.5 billion
3. Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion
4. Hinduism: 900 million
6. Buddhism: 376 million
7. primal-indigenous: 300 million
9. Sikhism: 23 million
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9. Sikhism: 23 million
10. Juche: 19 million
11. Spiritism: 15 million
12. Judaism: 14 million
13. Baha'i: 7 million
14. Jainism: 4.2 million
15. Shinto: 4 million
ReligionReligion
What are the roles of religions in the society?
What are the positive and negative effects of religion in the
society?
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What are the positive and negative effects of religion in the
society? – Religion, government and the constitution – Religion and
the role of women
Functions of religion as social Functions of religion as social
integrationintegration Religion acts as a mechanism that
helps
people adjust to frustrating but inevitable facts of existence by
reaching beyond ordinary experience and establishing a link
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ordinary experience and establishing a link with the sacred through
the ritual of worship.
Technology and religionTechnology and religion The electronic
church on TV, see the
following list: httpwwwreligiononlineorg
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EducationEducation
Schools as agents of social control as manifested (intended) and
latent (unintended)
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Primary school: 5 years old, 1st grade till 5th
grade Secondary school: seven years of education, 6th
grade till 12th grade (9th to 12th grades called high school) to
get a diploma
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grade till 12 grade (9 to 12 grades called high school) to get a
diploma
Undergraduate school: an associate degree (a two-year degree) and a
bachelor degree (a four- year degree)
Master’s Degree Ph.D.
Japanese Education SystemJapanese Education System
years of elementary school, years of junior high school, years of
senior high school and years of University) with reference to the
American system Cram Schools or “juku”: private tutors
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Cram Schools or “juku”: private tutors It is not unusual to see
children going to juku -
hours a day after school, -days a week % of elementary school
children, % of
junior high school students and % of high school students are going
to juku
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