5 Manifest Functions of Education

Change and Innovation

An idea or object that is new

Socialization Example

In primary and secondary schools, students are taught specific subjects matter appropriate to their age, skill level, and previous educational experience

Change and innovation example

Schools are a source of change and innovation. As student populations change overtime, new programs are introduced to meet societal needs; for example, sex education, drug education, and multicultural studies have been implemented in some schools to help students learn about pressing social issues.

Social placement example

Schools are responsible for identifying the most qualified people to fill available positions in society. As a result, students are channeled into programs based on individual ability and academics achievement.

Social control example

Schools are responsible for teaching values such as discipline, respect, obedience, punctuality, and perseverance. Schools teach conformity by encouraging young people to be good students, conscientious future workers, and law-abiding citizens

Transmission of culture example

Schools transmit cultural norms and values to each new generation and play an active part in the process of assimilation, whereby recent immigrants learn dominant cultural values, attitudes, and behavior so that they can be productive members of society

5 Manifest Functions of Education

Socialization, Transmission of culture, Social control, Social Placement and Change and innovation

Social Control

Systematic practices that social groups develop in order to encourage conformity in norms, rules, and laws and to discourage deviance

Socialization

The lifelong process of social interaction through which individuals acquire a self-identity and physical, mental, and social skills needed for survival in society

Social Placement

The use of education to improve ones social standing

Transmission of culture

The way people come to learn the values, beliefs, and social norms of their culture