Q4 - Week 3 Flashcards
According to him: “Education is the most important weapon.”
Nelson Mandela
“The passage to progress.”
Education
Gradual process which brings positive changes in human life.
Education
Takes place in the premises of the school, where a person may learn basic, academic, or trade skills
Formal Education
Studied hierarchically.
Formal Education
Organized educational model; every student acquired knowledge from trained and professional teachers in a structured and systematic learning process.
Formal Education
Not imparted by an institution such as school or college; not given according to any fixed timetable
Informal Education
Independent of boundary walls; no definite syllabus, not pre-planned and has no timetable. No fees are required.
Informal Education
More naturally learning process
Informal Education
Information acquired from the internet, social media, TV, radio or conversations with friends/family members may lead to the disinformation. Unpredictable results which simply the wastage of time.
Informal Education
Adult basic education, adult literacy education or school equivalency preparation; someone who is not in school can learn literacy, other basic skills or job skills.
Non-formal education
Unlike theoretical formal education, it is practical and vocational education, has no age limit. Fees or certificates may or may not be necessary.
Non-formal Education
Attendance of participants is unsteady. Sometimes, it’s just wastage of time as there is no need to conduct the exam on regular basis and no degree/diploma is awarded at the end of the training session.
Non-formal education
open, stated, and intended goals or con sequences of activities within an organization or institution
manifest functions of education
Hidden, unstated, and sometimes unintended consequences of activities within an organization or institution
Latent functions of education
System by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy according to power, wealth, and prestige
social stratification
pertains to ownership or control of resources
wealth
ability to compel obedience or control people
power
social recognition
prestige
Positions that an individual occupies.
Social Status
social position assigned to a person by society.
ascribed
social position that are earned or accomplished.
achieved
Change position within the social hierarchy
social mobility
change of status from one status to another that is higher or lower.
vertical mobility
change of status to another that is roughly equivalent.
horizontal mobility
who made the social stratification system?
Dr. Richard T. Schaefer
the most extreme form of legalized social inequality for both individuals and groups. Enslaved individuals are owned by other people.
slavery
A hereditary rank that are usually religiously dictated.
castes
This is usually associated with feudal system societies during Middle Ages.
estate
Social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence social mobility.
class
Modern society is composed of just two classes of people-the bourgeoisie (capitalists) own the means of production and the proletariat (workers) work for those who own the means of production. As capital becomes more concentrated, the two classes become increasingly more hostile to one another.
Conflict Theory
social inequality exists because it plays vital part in the continued existence of society. The more important a position is to society, the more rewards a society attaches to it.
functionalist theory
we size people by looking for clues to their social standing. We can know about a person’s position in society through status symbol.
symbolic interactionst theory
