SOCIETY, SCHOOL

AND TEACHER
EDU-623
 SOCIETY

• Derived from Latin word “Societus” meaning “companionship

• Society consists of people. Man is a social being.
• A society is a group of people living their lives.
• Is the group of relationships within which we move, which allow us to develop
and live.
• Society is a place where we live together and interact with each other and also
we share our joys and sorrows.
• Society is a web of social relationship.
COMPONENT OF SOCIETY

• People
• Communication
• culture
DEFINITION OF SOCIETY

Definition: Society is a large number of people living together in a specific geographical

area having a common culture and having feeling of association.

Types of society:
• 1. Hunting and Food Gathering Society
• 2. Pastoral Society
• 3. Horticulture Society
• 4. Agriculture Society
• 5. Industrial Society
• 6. Modern Society/Post Modern Society.
 STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY

• Associations of men with each other.

• Every society has pattern of organization composed of structures
• Arrangement of persons in relationship.
• Social structure- inter related acts of members
• Components of structure- human beings
• Status, role, role performance, and social interaction explain social structure.
• Network of relations
 SOCIAL STRUCTURE • A social group
consists of people
who share certain
common ways of
• When men relate
behaving and believing.
themselves to each
other they establish a • That’s the reason they
structure, form are group rather than
just an “accidental
collection of people.”

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FUNCTIONS OF SOCIETY

• The function of society is based on the purpose that drives that society
• A society could function as a means to provide all of its members security and the mean
of a healthy, happy, and stable life while each member contributes gifts or talents and part
of their time to facilitate the order and needs within that society and to safeguard its
progress and its futures.
• Satisfaction of basic needs.
• Preservation of order.
• Management of education.
CONTI…

• Management of the economy.

• Power management.
• Division of labour.
• Communication management.
• Preservation and transmission of culture.
INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY

• A society consists of two or more people who interact frequently and share a common
identity and a feeling of interdependence.
• composed of people living within defined territorial borders, sharing a common culture.
• Individual is interdependent and interrelated to the affairs of his/her society.
• He cannot live alone without society. (No man is an Island).
• Man is a social animal. He lives in social groups in communities and in society.
• Human life and society almost go together.
• Man is biologically and psychologically equipped to live in groups, in society. Society has
become an essential condition for human life to arise and to continue.
STATUS AND ROLE

• A status is socially defined position in society characterized by certain expectations, rights,

and duties.
• Status symbols are material signs that inform others of a person's specific status.
• Ascribed status
• Assigned to us at birth. Gender and age are both ascribed. So are princess, prince, lower class,
higher class.
• Achieved status
• Earned or chosen because people have a degree of control and choice. Spouse, occupation, at
some stages/societies lower class, higher class.
• Master status
• Affects/influences most other aspects of a person’s life.
ROLE

• A set of behavioral expectations associated with a given status learned in the

socialization.
• Role Expectation
A group or society's definition of the way a specific role ought to be played.
• Role Performance
How a person actually plays a role.
• Role Conflict
Occurs when incompatible demands are placed on a person by two or more
statuses held at the same time.
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• Role Strain
Occurs when incompatible demands are built into a single status that the
person holds.
• Role Distancing Creating an appearance of distance or mentally
distancing oneself from a particular role/status
SOCIAL INTERACTION

• Social interaction is the process by which people act toward or

respond to other people.
• Social interactions are the acts, actions, or practices of two or
more people mutually concerned towards each other's selves.
• Require mutual orientations.
FORMS OF INTERACTION

• Exchange Relationships
Exchange Relationships occur when a person acts in a certain way towards another.
• Cooperation
Cooperation-is the interaction of people or groups in order to achieve common interests
or goals.
• Conflict Relationships
Conflict can bind people on opposing sides into groups and conflict can lead to needed
social change.
IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL INTERACTIONS

• Very important for the development of all children

• Through this, children begin to establish a sense of “self” and to
learn what others expect of them.
PROMOTING SOCIAL INTERACTIONS

• Interacting and playing with peers provides many learning

opportunities for young children. (In combined preschool settings, nondisabled
children and children with disabilities may need to be encouraged to play together.)

• Teachers and adults can be very effective in promoting social

interaction by encouraging children to play together and by
praising them when they do.
• Assisting children to control their aggressive behavior
encourages the formation of friendships.
• Planning small group activities that require cooperation
and sharing motivates socially interactive behaviour. (For
example, painting a wall or making soup as a group encourages children to learn to work
together.)
TIPS FOR IMPROVING SOCIAL INTERACTION

• Greet Someone
• Engage In A Conversation
• Volunteer
• Ask For Advice
• Turn Opponents into Proponents (Supporters)
• Be Courteous/Polite
• Be Positive
• Be Observant
• Be Honest