education as a social institution
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EDUCATION
Transmission of KNOWLEDGE
Good Interpersonal
Relationships
A place for the
contemplation of reality
PURPOSES
of Education
INTELLECTUAL
Purpose
INTELLECTUAL
Purpose
INTELLECTUAL Purpose
POLITICAL
Purposes
POLITICAL
Purposes
POLITICAL
Purposes
POLITICAL Purposes
To teach children the basic laws of society
SOCIAL
Purposes
To socialize children
into various roles,
behaviors, and values
of the society
SOCIAL Purposes
To help solve
social
problems
SOCIAL Purposes
ECONOMIC
Purposes
To prepare students for their later occupational roles
To select, train, and
allocate individuals into
the division of labor
ECONOMIC
Purposes
FUNCTIONS of
Schools By Yin Cheong Cheng from the paper “Multiplicity
of School Functions in the New Century”
TECHNICAL/
ECONOMIC
Function
The contributions of schools to technical or economic development and needs of the individual, the institution, the local community, the society and the international community
HUMAN/SOCIAL
Functions
The contribution of schools to
human development and social
relationships at different levels of
society.
POLITICAL Functions
CULTURAL Functions
The contribution of schools to the cultural transmission and
development at different levels of society
EDUCATION
Functions
MANIFEST
Functions
Are defined as the open and intended
goals or consequences of activities
within an organization or institution
Major Manifest Functions
of Education in Society
SOCIAL CONTROL
SOCIALIZATION
SOCIAL PLACEMENT
TRANSMITTING CULTURE
PROMOTING SOCIAL AND
POLITICAL INTEGRATION
AGENT OF CHANGE
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SOCIAL CONTROL
SOCIALIZATION
SOCIAL
PLACEMENT
Schools are responsible for identifying the most qualified people to fill available positions in society
TRANSMITTING
CULTURE
As a social institution, education performs
a conservable function – transmitting the
dominant culture
PROMOTING
SOCIAL AND
POLITICAL
INTEGRATION
Transforming its population composed
of diverse ethnic and religious groups
into a society whose members share a
common identity
AGENT OF CHANGE
LATENT Functions
The hidden, unstated, and sometimes
unintended consequences of activities within an
organization or institution
Types of
Latent Functions
RESTRICTING SOME
ACTIVITIES
MATCHMAKING AND
PRODUCTION OF SOCIAL
NETWORKS
CREATION OF GENERATION
GAP
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FUNCTIONS of Schools by Yin
Cheong Cheng
TECHNICAL/ECONOMIC Function
POLITICAL Functions
HUMAN/SOCIAL Functions
EDUCATION Functions
CULTURAL Functions
MANIFEST and LATENT Functions
FUNCTIONS
of Schools By Calderon
CONSERVATION Function
The school conserves and
preserves through its libraries
and other devices recorded
accumulated experiences of the
past generations.
INSTRUCTIONAL
Function
To pass on the
accumulated
experiences of
the past
generations to
the incoming
generations
RESEARCH
Function
SOCIAL SERVICE
Function
To render some kind of
social service in the
place where it is located
FUNCTIONS of Schools
by Calderon
CONSERVATION Function
INSTRUCTIONAL Function
RESEARCH Function
SOCIAL SERVICE Function