La Salle University -Ozamis City

College of Teacher Education

The Teacher and Community, School Culture and

Organizational Leadership

Longcob, Reyza Jean

Educational Implications
Sociological Theories Educational Implications
1. Functionalist Theory 1. Students are taught to practice various
societal roles Pre-school to higher ed-
ucation.
2. Introduces students to social networks
that might last for years and can help
people find jobs after their schooling
is complete.
3. Sorting or classifying students based
on academic merit or potential to pro-
mote unity rather than competition.
1. Conflict Theory 1. Focuses on the role school systems
may play in implementing social con-
trol.
2. Schools can further goals of social
control by socializing students into be-
having in socially acceptable ways. By
means of social control, students are
taught the boundaries of acceptable
behavior.
3. Education may maintain social con-
trol through various mechanisms, such
as indoctrination, informal sanctions
and formal sanctions.
1. Interactionist Theory 1. Focus on how teacher expectations in-
fluence student performance, percep-
tions, and attitudes.
2. Improves and refines students and
teachers critical thinking skills.
3. Credentialism embodies the emphasis
on certificates or degrees to show that
a person has a certain skill, has at-
tained a certain level of education, or
has met certain job qualifications.