Agents of Socialization: The school systems and the self

Native American boarding schools, were the early model in many aspects of the modern day school system.Children were typically immersed in European-American culture through forced changes that removed indigenous cultural signifiers. These methods included being forced to have European-American style haircuts, being forbidden to speak their Indigenous Languages, and having their real names replaced by European names to both "civilize" and "Christianize" them. In sociology, socialization is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society. Socialization encompasses both learning and teaching and is thus "the means by which social and cultural continuity are attained". Socialization is strongly connected to developmental psychology.