Examine the Functions and Importance of Education in the Society Flashcards
The acquisition of knowledge, habits, skills, and abilities through instruction and training or through self-activity.
Education
Education is derived from the Latin word “___” which means to train, to rear or bring-up.
Educare
Is the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgement, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life
Education
The social institution through which society provides its members with important knowledge, including basic facts, job skills, and cultural norms and values
Education, (Macionis, 2012)
Cultivates a country’s economy and society; therefore, it is the milestone of a nation’s progress
Education
The most crucial aspect of society.
Education
is managed and regulated by the Department of Education
Education in the Philippines
Department of Education
DepEd
Types of Education
Formal Education
Non-Formal Education
Special Education
Informal Education
refers to the hierarchically structured, chronologically graded educational system from primary school to the university, including programs and institutions for full time technical and vocational training
Formal Education
involves compulsory, formal education primarily concerned with providing basic education, and usually corresponds to a traditional six grades or seven grades, and in addition, to preschool programs.
Elementary Education
concerned primarily with continuing basic education of the elementary level and expanding it
Secondary Education
Administered and supervised by the Commission of Higher Education.
Tertiary Education
The actual years spent in this level depends on the curriculum of each course
Tertiary Education
refers to any organized educational activity outside the established formal system to provide selected types of learning to a segment of the population.
Non-Formal Education
refers to the education of persons who are physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, or culturally different from so-called “normal” individuals
Special Education
Functions of Education in the Society
- Give training in specific skills, or the basic general education literacy
- Prepare individuals for the job * Preserving culture from generation to generation Encouraging democratic participation through verbal skills
- Develop the person’s ability to think logically
- Enriching life by enabling the students to expand his/her intellectual and aesthetic horizons
- Improving personal adjustment through personal counseling
- Improving the health of the nation’s youth
- Producing nationalistic citizens
- Build personal character
Education systems enable citizens to be productive members of a society, as they are equipped with knowledge and skills that could contribute to the development of their society’s systems and institutions
Productive Citizenry
Education develops one’s sense of self.
Self-Actualization
As a huge part of the discovery process of oneself, education encourages having the vision to become self-actualized.
Self-Actualization
it enables one to see your strengths and maintain them.
Self-Actualization
It enables one to determine weakness and adjust to them.
Self-Actualization
This helps one reach full potential and establish oneself as a whole.
Self-Actualization
Education helps transform human in becoming literate and recognize its function in the society.
Socialization
