UCSP-10-Education

Understanding Culture,
Society and Politics
Education
Lesson Objectives
• Identify the goals and functions of education

in the 21st century world
• Distinguish the manifest and latent function of
education
• Explain the importance of education in society
Topics:
 Meaning and importance of EDUCATION in society :
Formal and Informal Education
 Sociological perspectives on EDUCATION : Manifest
and Latent functions of EDUCATION
 Goals and Functions of EDUCATION in the twenty-first
century world : Productive citizenry and self-
actualization
 Primary EDUCATION as a human right.
WATCH THIS !
Answer the ff. questions
1. What are your thoughts and

realizations about the video clip?
2. What do you think is the
message of the video?
Activity:
Functions of Education in Society
In the next slide, you will see an outline of a schoolhouse with some
of its features. Think of the things that you will normally learn from these
features. And then afterwards, you will categorize your answers either
manifest or latent functions of education
Senior High School
Flag
Classroom Cafeteria Chapel
Ceremony
Principal’s
Gym Library Open Field
office
The SCHOOL is one of the
universal symbols for education.
It is a place where learners of
varied ages, backgrounds and
needs are brought together to
learn.
Meaning and importance of
EDUCATION in society : Formal and
Informal Education
• Alvin Toffler - “The illiterate of the twenty-
first century will not be those who cannot
read and write, but those who cannot learn,
unlearn, and relearn.”
Formal Education Nonformal Education
• Based on classroom and • An organized

provided by trained educational activities
teaching and that takes place outside
nonteaching personnel. a formal set-up.
• Approved Curriculum • Flexible, learner-
centered,
contextualized, and uses
a participatory approach
Sociological perspectives on
EDUCATION : Manifest and Latent
functions of EDUCATION
• Functionalist Perspective -
Offers the view that
education serves a number of
important functions that
contribute to the operation • Functionalism contends
and maintenance of the that education contributes
society. to either manifest
(primary/intended) or
latent
(secondary/unintended)
functions
Manifest and Latent Function
• Manifest function refers to the
intended function of social
policies, processes, or actions
that are consciously and
deliberately designed to be
beneficial in its effect on society
• Socialization - Allows learning of the

rules and norms of the society as a
whole.
• Transmission of culture, skills, and
values -The reason why subjects like
literature and languages are also
included in the curriculum.
Manifest and Latent Function
• Latent Functions - Refer
to the unintended
functions that are brought
about by the school
environment.
• Ability to work in Groups
This is an indispensable skill
in the workplace..
Goals and Function of Education in
the 21st Century World : Productive
Citizenry and Self-Actualization
Functions of
Education
Functions of
Education
Two Most Important
Goals of Education
• Productive Citizenry - Refers to the idea that a
citizen by him/herself must create the environment
and opportunities to the overall betterment of the
community
• Based on the logic that a productive citizen
contributes to the overall betterment of the
community
Two Most Important
Goals of Education
• Self-Actualization - Is a notion proposed by
Maslow that sits at the peak of his hierarchy of
needs.
• Maslow wrote: “What a man can be, he must
be. This need we may call self-actualization…..”
ACTIVITY 10.1
 Fill out the table that can be found on the

next slide. In the first column, provide a
general reason. For the second column,
explain how this reason serves your interest
as an individual. And last, explain how it
serves the interest of the society.
Why How this How this
people reason reason
go to affects affects
school me as the
an society
individu
al
MINI TASK 10.1
• CAMPAIGN SPEECH – PRIMARY EDUCATION AS A HUMAN
RIGHTS
• Instruction: Pretend that you are an education advocacy
leader who has been invited as a resource speaker in a
congressional hearing that will discuss the amount of funding
to be given to primary education. Prepare a speech with 2500
words highlighting why primary education is a human right
and why it should be accessible to everyone. Make sure that
your speech not only has compelling arguments but also
verified and verifiable data that support your arguments. (Cite
the references that you used in verifying your data.)
MINI TASK 10.1
• DEADLINE : DECEMBER 15,
2022
Content – Organizati Conventions
30 points on – 10 (Spelling, Grammar,
points Punctuation,
Capitalization) – 10
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Understanding Culture,

Society and Politics

• Identify the goals and functions of education

1. What are your thoughts and

• Based on classroom and • An organized

• Socialization - Allows learning of the

 Fill out the table that can be found on the

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