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Function of Schools Individual Level Institutional Level Community/Society Level International Level

Schools serve multiple functions at the individual, institutional, community, and international levels. At the individual level, schools help students acquire knowledge and skills, develop personally and professionally, and socialize with societal norms. Institutionally, schools act as centers for teaching, learning, and implementing educational changes. In communities, schools meet economic, social, political, and cultural needs by supplying labor forces, facilitating social mobility, transmitting values, and integrating diverse groups. Internationally, schools prepare students for global issues, foster cultural appreciation, and contribute to international education cooperation.

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Function of Schools Individual Level Institutional Level Community/Society Level International Level

Schools serve multiple functions at the individual, institutional, community, and international levels. At the individual level, schools help students acquire knowledge and skills, develop personally and professionally, and socialize with societal norms. Institutionally, schools act as centers for teaching, learning, and implementing educational changes. In communities, schools meet economic, social, political, and cultural needs by supplying labor forces, facilitating social mobility, transmitting values, and integrating diverse groups. Internationally, schools prepare students for global issues, foster cultural appreciation, and contribute to international education cooperation.

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FUNCTION of

SCHOOLS
TECHNICAL/
ECONOMIC

INDIVIDUAL LEVEL

INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL

COMMUNITY/SOCIETY LEVEL

-help students
acquire knowledge
and skills
-provide staff job
training and
opportunity
-help students
develop themselves
psychologically,
socially and physically
-help develop their
potentials fully as
possible

-Service organizations providing


quality service
- they serve as a life place / work
place of society for all those
concerned

POLITICAL

-help students to
develop positive
civic attitudes and
skills to exercise the
rights and
responsibilities of
citizenship

-act as a place for


systematically socializing
students
-become political coalitions of
teachers, parents and students

-serve the economic/instrumental needs of the local community


-supply quality labor forces to the economic system
-modify/shape econ. behaviors or students (future consumers &
citizens)
-contribute to the development and stability of the manpower
structure of the economy
(Functionalism)
- serve the social needs/function of the local community
-support social integration of multiple & diverse constituencies of
society
-facilitate the social mobility within the existing social structure
-reinforce social equality for all people
-select and allocate competent people to appropriate roles and
positions
- contribute to social change and development
(Conflict Theory)
-possible to reproduce the existing social class
-perpetuate social inequality
- serve the political needs of the local community
-maintain the stability of political structure
-promote awareness and movement of democracy
-facilitate the planned political development and changes

CULTURAL

-help students
develop their
creativity and
aesthetic
awareness
-be socialized with
the successful norms,
values, and beliefs of

-act as place for systematic


cultural transmission,
reproduction of the next
generation, cultural integration of
diverse constituencies and
cultural revitalization of the
outdated poor traditions

HUMAN/SOCIAL

-Social entity/social system


composed of different human
relationships
-the quality of social climate and
relationship determines the
quality of work/learning life of
teachers and students
-providing the environment of
quality is an important school
function

-often serve as a cultural unit carrying the explicit norms and


expectations of the local community
-transmit all the important values and artifacts of society to
students
-integrate the diverse subcultures from different background
-revitalize the strengths of the existing cultures
-build up a unifying force for national conflicts
-In Conflict Theory, schools socialize students with different

INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
School Education
-supply the high quality forces
needed in int'l competitions,
economic cooperation, earth
protection and technology and
information exchange
Because of growing global
consciousness
- they play an important role
in preparing students for int'l
harmony, social cooperation,
global human relationship
-elimination of national,
regional, racial and gender
biases that both local and int'l
community can benefit

Growing awareness of Intl


dependence
-reinforce the need for the
contribution of school
education to international
understanding and elimination
of conflicts between regions and
nations
-can encourage appreciation
of cultural diversity and
acceptance of different cultures
in various places
-contribute to the development
of global culture through
integration of different cultures

society

EDUCATION

-help students to
learn how to learn
and help teachers to
learn how to teach
-key function:
facilitating
teachers'
professional devt

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sets of values and beliefs.

-serve as a systematic place for


systematic learning
-center for systematically
experimenting and implementing
educational changes and devt

-provide service for different educational needs of the local


community
-facilitate development of education professions and education
structures
-disseminate knowledge and information to the next generation
-contribute to the formation of learning society
-can contribute to the devt of global and intl education
exchange and cooperation and 'build up a global family for the
younger generation

-can make an important


contribution to education for
the whole world

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