SOCIOLOGICAL

FOUNDATION OF
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
EDUCATION

• a form of learning in which the

knowledge, skills, and habits of a group
of people are transferred from one
generation to the next through teaching,
training, or research.
 What are the functions of Schools?

Mcnergney & Herbert(2001)

-described the school as first and foremost a social institution,
that is , an established organization having an identifiable
structure and a set of functions meant to preserve and extend
social order. School is the place for the contemplation of reality,
and our task as a teacher , in simplest terms, is to show this
reality to our students, who are naturally eager about them.
• Intellectual Purposes…
…to teach basic cognitive skills such as reading, writing, and
mathematics; to transmit specific knowledge.

• Political Purposes…
…to inculcate allegiance to the existing political order(patriotism).
…to prepare citizens who will participate in the political order.
…to assimilate diverse cultural groups into political order.
…and to teach children the basic laws
• Social Purpose…
…to socialize children into the
various roles, behavior, and values
of society.

• Economic Purpose…
…to prepare students for their
later occupational roles, and to
select, train, and allocate
individuals into the division of labor.
 Multiple Functions of Schools

Technical/economic
- refers to the contributions of the school to the technical or economic
development and needs of the individual, the institution, the local
community, the society and the international community.

Human/social
- refers to the contributions of the school to human development and
social relationships at different levels of society.
Political
- refers to the contributions of the school to the political
development at different levels of society.
Cultural
- refers to the contributions of the school to the cultural
transmission and development at different levels of society.
Education
- refers to the contributions of the school to the development and
maintenance of education at the different levels of society.
 Manifest Functions of
Education
Manifest functions of education are defined as the open
and intended goals or consequences of activities within
anorganization or institution.

Socialization
Social control
Social placement
Transmitting culture
Promoting social and political integration
Agent of change
 Latent Functions of
Education
Latent functions of education are the hidden,
unstated and sometimes unintended consequences of
activities within an organization or institution.

Restricting some activities

Matchmaking and production of social networks
Creation of generation gap
 Functions of Schools
by Calderon (1998)

Conservation function
Instructional function
Research function
Social service function
GOVERNMENT
 The institution which resolves
conflicts that are public in nature
and involve more than a few people
is called a government. It can be
city, provincial, national or even
international.
 Three Branches of the Government

Executive
-------- Enforces rules and laws

Legislative
----------- Makes rules and laws

Judicial
-------------- Interprets rules and laws
Politics and Administration

Politics - a pattern of human interaction that serves to resolve

conflicts between people, institutions, and nations.

Administration - refers to the aggregate of persons in whose hands the

reigns of government are for the time being.
Constituent Functions of the Government
Constituent - contribute to the very bonds of
society and are therefore compulsory.
Examples of constituent functions:
• The keeping of order and providing for
protection of persons and property from violence
and robbery.
• The definition and punishment for crimes
• The administration of justice in civil cases.
Ministrant Functions of the Government

Ministrant
- those undertaken to advance the
general interest of society such as
public works, charity and are merely
optional.