Education As A Social Institution

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