Education Flashcards
[ Identification ]
Considered as a social institution which serves various objectives primarily about teaching and learning a society’s way of life.
Education
[ What are these? ]
- Manifest Functions
- Latent Functions
Function of Education
[ Identification: Functions of Education ]
The primary and intended functions of an institution or policy.
Manifest Functions
[ What are these? ]
- Socialization
- Cultural Transmission and Innovation
- Social Integration and Control
- Social Placement
Manifest Functions
[ Identification: Functions of Education ]
Unintended results
Latent Functions
[ Identification: Manifest Functions ]
- Ways of life became more complex
- Family was no longer the sole source of knowledge for knowing a society’s way of life in this day of age.
Socialization
[ Identification: Manifest Functions ]
- Educational institutions seek to impart values;
- Through research, students begin new ideas and practices that may improve their way of life.
Cultural Innovation and Transmission
[ Identification: Manifest Functions ]
- Educational institutions transmit and reinforce the dominant social norms, beliefs, and values on the students.
- Mold them into being members of society.
Social Integration and Control
[ Identification: Manifest Functions ]
- Establishing a rewards system.
- The primary task of society to fill parts with capable individuals.
Social Placement
[ What are these? ]
- Restricting Youth Activities
- Forming Networks
- Creation of Generation Gaps
Latent Functions
[ Identification: Latent Functions ]
Schools and universities restrict youth activity by keeping them off the streets and off the job market.
Restring Youth Activities
[ Identification: Latent Functions ]
Engaging in this activity broadens the perspectives of the students as they share their views as well as establishing connections for future professional use.
Forming Networks
[ Identification: Latent Functions ]
As students become exposed to new ideas and people, they may also start to question existing norms, ideas, and practices which may have been imparted to them by their parents.
Creation of Generation Gaps
[ What are these? ]
- Functionalist
- Symbolic Interactionist
- Conflict
Perspectives in Education
[ Identification: Perspectives in Education ]
Education serves to create productive functional members of society to sustain itself.
Functionalist