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
ECONOMIC
Purposes

To select, train, and

allocate individuals into
the division of labor
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
6
Major Manifest Functions
of Education in Society
SOCIAL CONTROL
SOCIALIZATION
SOCIAL PLACEMENT
TRANSMITTING CULTURE
PROMOTING SOCIAL AND
POLITICAL INTEGRATION
AGENT OF CHANGE
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
3 Types of
Latent Functions

RESTRICTING SOME
ACTIVITIES
MATCHMAKING AND
PRODUCTION OF SOCIAL
NETWORKS
CREATION OF GENERATION
GAP
 FUNCTIONS of Schools by Yin
Cheong Cheng

TECHNICAL/ECONOMIC Function
HUMAN/SOCIAL Functions
POLITICAL Functions
CULTURAL Functions
EDUCATION 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