THE TEACHER AND THE

COMMUNITY, SCHOOL CULTURE AND

ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Lesson 3
The Role of Education in Promoting Social
Mobility
ENTRY PASS!

• What did I learn last

1 meeting?

• What are my
2 expectations today?
Look-Think-Share!
Look-Think-Share!
Topics:
• Definition of Social Mobility
1

• Types of Social Mobility

2

• Factors Affecting Social Mobility

3

• Education and Social Mobility

4
 Objectives: At the end of this Lesson, the learners shall be
able to :

Demonstrate an understanding of
social mobility and its types
1

 Identify the factors affecting social

mobility
2
 Synthesize the role of education
as a vehicle towards social
3 mobility.
 Other Definitions:
• Pitirim Alexandrovich Sorokin, ( Russian
Sociologist) Social mobility is any transition of
an individual from one position to another
1 in a constellation of social group and
strata.”

Emery S. Bogardus: (American Sociologist)

Social mobility is any change in social
position, such as occupational changes where
persons move up or down the occupational
scale, or relation to office whereby a
2 follower becomes a leader, or a leap from a
low economic class to a high one, or vice-
versa.
 Type of Social Mobility
• Horizontal Mobility
1

• Vertical Mobility
2

• Downward Mobility
3

• Upward Mobility
4

• Intra-Generational Mobility
5

• Territorial Social Mobility

6
 Types of Social Mobility
 Types of Social Mobility
 Types of Social Mobility
 Types of Social Mobility
 Types of Social Mobility
 Types of Social Mobility
 Type of Social Mobility
 Type of Social Mobility
 Type of Social Mobility
 Factors Affecting Social Mobility
• Economic Prosperity
1

Structure of Society
2

Level of Aspiration and Achievement

3

• Demographic structure
4

• Education
5

• Occupational Prestige
6
 Factors Affecting Social Mobility
• Administration
7

Legal and Political Factors

8

Intelligence Factors
9
 FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATION TOWARDS SOCIAL
MOBILITY:

• First, education plays the role of

a mechanism whereby social class
positions are maintained across
generations.
• A person from a higher social
class is more likely to have be
1 better educated which will
enable him or her to maintain
social class position
 FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATION TOWARDS SOCIAL
MOBILITY:

Second , education acts as a

mechanism for social mobility. In this
case, access to education is the key
in determining the extent of mobility
an individual can aspire in society.
However, this is only possible if
everyone gets an equal education; thus

2 providing an avenue for mobility

among the disadvantaged. For this
group of people , education serves to
move upwards or to reduce the
likelihood of downward mobility.
LET’S TAKE A BREAK & SHARE
CHUNKING THE DATA ACTIVITY SHEET
IMPORTANT TERMS IMPORTANT CONCEPTS / IDEAS

IMPORTANT GENERALIZATIONS INSIGHTS LEARNED

 How my education
has changed my
social status?
Conclusion

 Education is a liberating force and in the

present age it is also a democratizing force,
cutting across the barriers of caste and class,
smoothing out inequalities imposed by birth
and other circumstances, thereby, bringing
about mobility among the people in the social
structure of the society.
FINAL WORDS
FINAL WORDS
REFERENCES :
The Teacher and the Community, School Culture and Organizational Leadership
By: Erlinda D. Serrano, EdD, Ronan M. Cajigal, MAEd., by Adrian Publishing, 2020,
pp: 13-24

Interactive and Innovative Teaching Strategies (Book 1)

(A Resource book for 21st Century Teachers)
By: Milagros Lim-Borabo, PhD
Heide Grace Lim-Borabo, PhD
Published by Lorimar Publishing
REFERENCES :
Sociology: Theory and Practice
By: Ronnie Pasigui and Danilo Cabalu
Mutya Publishing, 2014

Applied Sociology
By: Ronnie Pasigui, Danilo Cabalu & Evelyn Sadsad
Mutya Publishing, 2012

LET REVIEWER
Social Dimensions of Education
By: Ronnie Pasigui
(Unpublished)

http://studylecturenotes.com/social-mobility-definition-types-of-social-mobility/
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