Name: _Joe-Cel N.

Arocena__________ Grade/Section: 12 Relova__________

Teacher: Ms. Mira Morales___________

Understanding Culture, Society and Politics

Activity Sheet
(Week 2-3: Functions and Importance of Education)
Activity 1: What’s the Difference?
Write down the distinction between the formal and non-formal education.

 Non-Formal education has a more informal environment and is aimed at a different audience
group while a formal education is more precise in their approach.

Process Question:
1. How are the formal and the non-formal education differ? How are they similar?
 Formal education takes place full-time and does not permit other parallel activities, especially
productive work. Non-formal education is part-time, and activities may be timed in a variety of
ways to meet the needs and convenience of learners.
2. Which type of education are you in, the formal or the non-formal? Why?
 I am enrolled in a formal education wherein I am in a standardized method of hierarchically
structured and progressive schooling.
3. Give example/s of formal and non-formal education.
 Examples of formal learning include classroom instruction, web-based training, remote labs, e-
learning courses, workshops, seminars, webinars, etc.
 Example of non-formal learning Boy Scouts and Girls Guides develop some sports program such
as swimming comes under non-formal education, Fitness programs, Community-based adult
education courses, and free courses for adult education developed by some organization.
4. Why do you think they are important in the society?
 Both Formal and Non-formal education are important in the society for they provide each
learner knowledge and skills to help the community.

Activity 2

Fill-up the given column below about the function of education in society.

Definition Real Life Example

Education is socialization
Education is social integration
It is an availability for work and an
ability to make decisions
independently so that the individual in
his later life period could perform his
social roles and integrate in social
structures with specific role types.
The process during which newcomers
or minorities are incorporated into the
social structure of the host society.
Interacting with friends and family,
being told to obey rules, being
rewarded for doing chores, and being
taught how to behave in public places
are all examples of socialization that
enable a person to function within his
or her culture.
In relation to tolerant and open
societies, members of minority groups
often use social integration to gain
full access to the opportunities, rights
and services available to the members
of the mainstream of society with

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Education is social placement
Social and cultural innovation
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Social placement as defined by the
text is the use of education to improve
one's social standing. It provides one
of the major methods used by people
for upward social mobility
This are new social practices that aim
to meet social needs in a better way
than the existing solutions.
cultural institutions such as churches
and civic organizations.
At school there is a list of students
with high grades and if one of my
classmates has a higher grade than me
he will top the list of those with high
grades and I may be on the lower list
Research Infrastructures that support
research across and within the Social
& Cultural Innovation such
as libraries, museums and archives