EDUCATI

ON IN
SOCIETY
Chapter Seven:
 Overview
In this chapter we shall learn about
the social institution primarily asked

:
with transmitting knowledge and
skills from one generation to another.
Through education, children are
prepared for their future in society.
 Contents
Lesson 1: Education as a
Social Institution
Lesson 2: The Functions of
Education
Lesson 3: Education and
Social Inequality
LESSON 1:

EDUCATION AS
A SOCIAL INSTITUTION
Education
- is the social
insitution primarily
responsible for
teaching basic skills,
imparting knowledge,
and inculcating norms to
children in society.
Informal Education
- where there are no set of rules
and procedures for learnning on
the part of the child or for
teaching on the part of parents.
Formal Education
- where a child becomes the
recepient of a systematic process
of learning in what is usually
referred to as schooling, which
involves
Formal Education
- teacher or instructors
who are trained to impact certain
types of knowledge and teach
skills, like reading and writing,
for example, to children.
LESSON 2:
THE
FUNCTIONS OF
EDUCATION
Socialization
- Learning about life and how to
grow and be productive in
society, we learned earlier,
begins primarily with the social
institution of the family.
Social Integration
- In schools children coming
from different ethnic
backgrounds and economic
classes enter the same classroom
and learn the same topics from
the same teacher.
Social and Cultural Innovation
- Research in the different
disciplines of the social sciences,
natural sciences, the arts and the
humanities lead to new ideas and
innovations that contribute to
changing society and culture.
Social Placement
- The modern school system is
designed to identify merit and
skills that set some students
apart from others.
Latent functions of Education
Although the functions can be
considered as the real intent of
education or its manifest functions,
there are also a number of unintended
consequences or latent functions of
this social institution.
LESSON 3:
EDUCATION
AND SOCIAL
INEQUALITY
 Testing and Tracking
are educational practices that
have been associated with issues
of education and social
inequality.
Testing
- refers to the process of
evaluating students' knowledge,
skills, and abilities through
various assessments, such as
exams, quizzes, and standardized
tests.
Tracking
- is a practice in education where
students are grouped or "tracked"
into different classes or programs
based on their perceived abilities
or academic achievements.
 Hidden Curriculum
It has to do with the character and
nature of the school system which
operates us venues of discipline and
regimentation where students do my
not only learn what is directly taught
to them.
Cultural Capital
- The material and non-
material advantages in life
that are useful as capital.
 Private-Public School Divide
The private-public school divide
refers to the distinction between
private schools and public schools
in terms of their funding, ownership,
and student enrollment.
Thank You!