Subject: Educ9: the teacher and the community, culture and organizational leadership.

Instructor:

ACTIVITY #4

TOPIC: CHAPTER 3: SOCIAL SCIENCE AND THEORY AND THEIR IMPLICATION TO EDUCATION

1. Cite how schools at present are working on the realization of the 4 purposes as cited by the
functionalists.

 Intellectual Purposes- acquisition of cognitive skills, inquiry skills.

 Political Purposes- educate future citizens; promote patriotism; promote assimilation of
immigrants; ensure order, public civility and conformity to laws.
 Economic Purposes- prepare student for later works roles; select and train the labor
force needed by society.
 Social Purposes- promote a sense of social and moral responsibility; serve as site for the
solution or resolution of socials problems; supplement the efforts of other institutions
or socialization such as the family and the church.

2. Adherents to the conflict theory claim that schools teach loyalty so that those in the power
remain in power and those below will forever be at the bottom. Do you agree? Why or why not?
 I am not agreed, because education is focuses on how education serves the need of
society through developing the skills and education is a powerful main of maintaining
power structures. If the schools teach adherence to policies, obedience to rules, respect
for persons including authorities. Punctuality and honesty, civil right it is because they
are the very principles dear to a democratic way of life.

3. Individuals act based on meaning. This meaning is based on individual’s experiences. Meaning
change. Give two implications of these symbolic interactionist thoughts to education.
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