Assumption University of Thailand

Graduate School of eLearning

TT 6003
Quality Unit 2:
Assurance School as Social
in Education System

Dr. Naree Aware Achwarin

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Objectives:
1. Describe and discuss about the school as
a social system
2. Analyze and apply the concepts of system
approach

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Contents:
• A Social System Model
1. Structure
2. Individual
3. Culture
4 Politics
4.
• School & Society

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The School as a Social System

• Is a system of social interaction.
• Is organized whole comprising interacting
personalities bound together in an organic
relationship.

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The School as a Social System

• Is characterized by an interdependence of
parts; clearly defined population, different
environment, a complex network of social
relationships.

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The School as a Social System
• From policy point of view, educational
setting would be the degree to which
schools are meeting or exceeding state
standards for academic achievement.

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The School as a Social System

Basic Assumption:
• are open systems
• are peopled
• consist of interdependent parts,
characteristics, and activities
• are goal oriented

The School as a Social System

are structural
• are normative
• are political
• are conceptual and relative
• all formal organizations are social systems

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Elements of a Social System
The school social system as a formal
organization
• Structure
• Individual - Environment
• Culture
C lt - Outcomes
O t
• Politic

1. Structure
Composed of ;
• Bureaucratic expectations and roles
• A hierarchy of offices and positions
• Rules and regulations
• Specialization

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2. Individual
• Members have their own individual needs
and cognitive understanding of their jobs
- Work needs
- Cognition
g

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3. Culture
• Culture represents the unwritten, feeling
part of the organization
- Share orientations; values, norms,
beliefs, and ways of thinking
- Behavior in formal org. is influenced by
structure and individual, values and share
orientations of the work group

4. Politics
• Politics is informal, frequently illegitimate;
behavior usually designed to benefit the
individual or group at expense of the
organization

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School & Society

• What is the relationship between school
and community/society?
• What are the roles of schools in the
community/society

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Three roles of schools in society
(Johnson, Collins, & Johansen, 1988)

• Reproductive Role
1

• Readjustment Role
2

• Reconstruction Role
3

• Reproductive Role
1

• The reproductive role of schools

encompasses transmission and
preservation of the existing culture
culture,
values, traditions, and norms.

• Readjustment Role
2

• Readjustment involves responding to

changes in society and adjusting
curriculum and instruction as appropriate.
appropriate

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 • Reconstruction Role
3

• Reconstruction requires a more proactive

stance, since it views the school as an
agent of societal development
development.

School & Society

• The interrelationship between schools and
society is the interrelationship between
administrators and teachers.
• Administrators can play an important role
in shaping education philosophy by
directly and symbolically emphasizing
selected values and beliefs.
• Existing school culture can have a
profound effect on them.

Thank you