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Socialization

It is considered as the foremost function of education in the society. Children learn norms, values, and skills they need to function in the society. With these, they will all bring to better community development through healthy and proper social interaction.

Cultural

The school is geared towards cultural transmission and development in the society. Since we do have norms, beliefs, values, and other practices in the society, it is the role of the school to develop your awareness on these and imbibe what are relevant to you. (What belief or values did you acquire from schooling?)

Social Integration

With the help of education, children will be incorporated to the society's structure. This will help the children to become socially closer to the society consistent with the beliefs and practices.

Non-formal Education

Distance learning/computer-assisted instruction Community skill courses (example from TESDA)

Latent Functions of Education

It is a function that is not intended (meaning, it is not thought to be the main goal why students go to school). These functions are not intentional to be achieved by the school and are not the reasons why children are sent to school. It can be just a secondary function. Described below are two examples of latent functions of education.

Manifest Functions of Education

It is the intended and open goals of the institution. Meaning to say, education has that primary and recognized function in the society. For instance, in elementary, pupils are expected to learn the basics of education (reading, writing, arithmetic) as foundational to the spiral and complex-becoming concepts as they go to higher levels. Described below are the two major manifest functions of education.

Informal Education

Learning to cook for a meal at home ​

Cultural Transmission

Norms and values are passed down and transmitted to the succeeding generation with the aid of school. Schools help the people (the citizens) about shared national identity and citizen roles. They are taught with the laws, civic lessons, and even patriotism to the country.

Matchmaking

People meet their future husbands and wife at school. Endearments like high school sweethearts' and 'college sweethearts' are not new to you. It is not the intention of the school to match the students and have them enter in a relationship. However, it is unavoidable for people.

Off the Streets

School days usually take 8 hours of children spent in school. This lessens the opportunity of the children to have brawls and troubles in the streets unlike those who have not schooled..

Social Placement

Schools identify and classify students as those bright, performing, and educationally challenged. This will help develop social and upward mobility of the society (meaning, this is a forecast of the occupational roles they will perform later in the society).

Special Education

Sign languages (for deaf and mute) Braille writing system (for blind)

Socialization

Socialization is the process by which people acquire a personal identity and learn the knowledge, language, and social skills required to interact with others. Aside from academics, students also learn social rules and expectations from interactions with their fellow classmates and teachers.

Intellectual

The school aims to teach you (students) the cognitive skills, transmit knowledge (information), and help you develop critical and creative thinking. (Are these developed in you during your schooling from elementary until now?)

Political

The school contributes to the political development of the society at all levels. The school develops civic attitudes (those relating to you as citizen of a country) and exercise rights and responsibilities as a citizen. (In other words, since you are attending schooling, you must develop your sense of duty to your country which is to participate in the community affairs towards development. Have you used your knowledge and schooling even in your local barangays?)

Social

The school points to human development and social relationships at different levels in the society. It is the sincere role of the school to shape the students holistically (meaning, the school aims to contribute in your total development as individual in aspects of physical, emotional, psychological, mental, and spiritual. (Do you consider yourself as a holistic individual?)

Economic

The school wants to prepare you for your occupational roles in the future (after schooling) and train you to the labor industry. (Do you see yourself having a job after complete education?)

Social and Cultural Innovation

There could be no discoveries and inventions without the aid of the school. The school becomes the way where people develop their intellectual capacities to uncover the confusions and realities of the world. People innovate out of their creativity and critical mindedness.

Informal Education

This type of education does not happen in school and has no particular learning method. Experiences and actual living are the working conditions for informal education. Informal education may be acquired through a parent teaching his/her child biking, or learning from just reading a book.

Non-formal Education

This type of education occurs outside the formal school system. It can be a community education, adult education or lifelong education. This serves the need of the identified group.

Formal Education

This type of education takes place in the premises of the school. It is systematic and sequential delivered by trained teachers. It has levels namely: elementary, secondary, tertiary, and vocational.

Educational

In traditional perspective, education and schooling is an instrument to develop economic, social, political, cultural goals of the society. The school is a way to maintain education for us to achieve these goals. (How are the schools doing inn their function?)

Special Education

It is the practice of educating students that addresses their individual differences and special needs (such as mental challenges and learning disabilities).

Formal Education.

Learning in a classroom School grading/certification, college, and university degrees

broad functions of education

Schools certainly act as a dispenser of knowledge and academic skills development such as the basics (reading, writing, arithmetic). Education serves many functions and importance in our society.