THE SCHOOL AND

SOCIETY
Chapter 1: Society as Foundation of Schools and
Schooling
Intended Learning Outcome

■ Establish a comprehensive analysis of society as

a context for developing and establishing school
 Definition of Terms (Your favorite! )

■ SOCIETY
■ SCHOOL
■ SCHOOLING
■ SOCIOLOGY
 Society
■ It is large group of interacting people in a defined territory,
sharing a common culture. sociologydictionary.org
■ It is a large group of people who live together in an organized
way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the
work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in
several similar countries, can be referred to as a society: a
classless/multicultural/capitalist/civilized society
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/society
 School
■ 1 : an organization that provides instruction: such as
a: an institution for the teaching of children
b: an institution for specialized higher education often associated
with a university
c: an establishment offering specialized instruction
2 : a group of persons who hold a common doctrine or follow the
same teacher (as in philosophy, theology, or medicine) the
Aristotelian school
 Schooling
■ a: instruction in school : EDUCATION
■ b: training, guidance, or discipline derived from
experience
■ : the cost of instruction and maintenance at school
■ : the training of a horse for service especially : the
teaching and exercising of horse and rider in the
formal techniques of equitation
 Sociology
■ It is a the study of the relationships between people
living in groups, especially in industrial societies. https://
dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/society

■ It is a social science that studies human societies, their

interactions, and the processes that preserve and change
them. It does this by examining the dynamics of
constituent parts of societies such as institutions,
communities, populations, and gender, racial, or age
groups.
 Sociology
■ It also studies social status or stratification, social
movements, and social change, as well as societal
disorder in the form of crime, deviance, and
revolution. https://www.britannica.com/topic/sociology
 Sociology of Education
■ Starts with the perspectives or theories that provide a
framework to search for the questions and perspectives about
the system of education
■ Theoretical perspective
– helps in answering different questions to be inquired
by researchers
- provides new perspective on education
- attempts to explain why things happen, why and how
different phenomena are related to each other
Why do we need to study
sociological perspectives?
 Why do we need to study
sociological perspectives?
…To have insights into different ways on
how sociology helps teachers understand
the challenges in the field of education
today
 Group Activity
■ Form 7 groups and find a place for your group in
the classroom to work on a given task. List the
members in a ¼ sheet of yellow paper and
submit to the instructor before the performance.
■ The topic of your group work will be the given
research work about sociological perspectives in
education.
 Group Activity
■ Your group should perform a creative
presentation of your assigned perspective. It
could be discussion, roleplay, & etc.
■ Thirty minutes will be allotted for group
discussion for preparation and planning of the
presentation; and, each group will be 5 to 10
minutes to perform.
 Group Activity
■ Every member of the group must perform any task in
front of the class in their respective presentations.
■ You will be graded using these criteria:
Creativity in Presentation – 20 %
Compliance with the Mechanics – 10 %
Accuracy of Grammar and Language Use – 35%
Accuracy of Concept – 35%
Sociology and Education
1. Functionalists Theory
2. Conflict Theory
3. Symbolic Interactionist Theory
4. Cultural Capital Theory
5. Social Capital Theory
6. Code Theory
7. Feminist Theory
What are the Classical Theories of
Education?