Education and School Function
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The document discusses the multifaceted functions of schools as social institutions that transmit knowledge, skills, and values. It outlines four primary purposes of education: intellectual, political, social, and economic, as well as additional technical, human, political, cultural, educational, conservation, instructional, research, and social service functions. The document also highlights the difference between manifest functions, which are intended, and latent functions, which are unintended outcomes of the educational system.
Education and School Function
- 1. Education and The Function of School
- 2. Education- transmission of knowledge, skills and understanding School- is an organization that provides instruction; an institution for teaching of children
- 3. What are the functions of School? McNergy and Herbert (2001) described that the school as a first and foremost a social institution, that is an established organization having an identifiable structure and asset of function meant to preserve and extend social order
- 4. The Four Purpose of Schooling Intellectual Purpose Political Purpose Social Purpose Economic Purpose
- 5. Intellectual Purpose- To teach basic cognitive skills such as reading, writing and mathematics to transmit specific knowledge Political Purpose- To inculcate allegiance to the existing political order (patriotism) Social Purpose- To socialize children into the various roles, behaviors, and value of the society. This Process referred to by sociologist as socialization is a key ingredient in the stability of any society Economic Purpose- To prepare students for their later occupational roles and to select, train and allocate individuals into the division of labor
- 6. Multiple School Function Technical/Economic Function- refer to the contributions of schools to the technical/economic development and needs of the individual, the institution, the local community, the society and the international community. • The individual level-schools can help students to acquire knowledge and skills necessary to survive and compete in a modern society or competitive skills • Institutional level- school are service organizations providing quality service
- 7. • Community and society level- schools education supplies the high quality forces necessary in international competitions Human/Social functions- refer to the contribution of schools to human development and social relationships at different levels of the society • Individual level- School help develop students to develop themselves psychological, socially and physically • Institutional level- school is a social entity or social system composed of different human relationships. • Community and society levels- schools serve the social needs or functions of the local community
- 8. Political Function- refer to the contribution of schools to the political development at different levels of society. • Individual level- School help students to develop positive civic attitudes and skills to exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship • International level- School acts as a place for systematically socializing students into a set of political norms, values, and beliefs • Community and society level- schools play an important role to serve the political needs of the local community Culture Functions- refer to the contributions of schools to the cultural transmission and develop at different levels of society.
- 9. • Individual level- school help student to develop their creativity and esthetic awareness and to be socialized with the successful norms, values and beliefs of society. • Institutional level- school acts as a place for systematic cultural transmission to reproduction of the next generation • Community and society levels- schools often serve as a cultural unit carrying the explicit norms and expectations of the local community. • International levels- schools can courage appreciation of cultural diversity and acceptance of different norms, traditions, values and beliefs in different countries and regions.
- 10. Education Functions- refer to the contribution of schools to the development and maintenance of education at the different levels of society • Individual level- important for schools to help students to learn how to learn and help teachers to learn how to teach. • Institutional level- School serve as a systematic place for systematic learning, teaching and disseminating knowledge. • Community and society levels- schools provide service for different educational needs of the local community
- 11. Differentiate the Manifest and Latent functions of Education? The sociologist Robert Merton proposed that social institutions such as education in schools have functions that are both manifest and latent. The manifest functions are the ones that society intends those institutions to have. The latent functions are the ones that are not intended, but which come about even so.
- 20. Conservation Function- The school conserves and preserves through its libraries and other devices recorded accumulated experiences of the past generations such as knowledge, inventions, mathematics, science, historical facts, skills, customs, traditions, languages, literature, music, writing, and the arts. Instructional Function- The main concern of the school is to pass on the accumulated experiences of the past generations to the incoming generations.
- 21. Research Function- The school conducts research to improve the old ways of doing things or to discover hitherto unknown facts or systems to improve quality of human life. Social Service Function- This may be done through some kind of outreach programs which could be form of literacy, health, means of livelihood, recreational activities, etc..
- 22. RELIGION Is the socially defined patterns of beliefs concerning the ultimate meaning of life; it assumes the existence of the supernatural --Stark
- 23. Thank You!! Prepared by: Leonardo Viado