Part 3

• The linkage that connects society and the schools is a reflection of the other. It comprises the dynamics for enhancing arts education.
• Arts education, aside from being a part of schools where it is offered, is also a part of the society where it was born.
• Interaction with society


  Brings about changes in culture, and eventually, in destiny
• Schools are considered as pillars of culture.
• When the younger generation receives the knowledge and understanding of what an educational institution has accumulated, there is what we call the preservation of the level of civilization.
• Enculturation


  The process in which students are taught to adapt to the dominant cultural patterns of their society
• Society


  The "web of social relationships," which is the key to understanding human behavior and the various institutions in it
• Social relations


  • Primary relations (mother, father, daughter, son, husband, wife, sister, brother)
  • Secondary relations (uncle, aunt, niece, nephew)
  • Tertiary relations (friends, neighbors)
• A teacher in school performs different actions such as teaching, evaluating, initiating group or classroom activities, and doing administrative work.
• The same thing happens to an individual in a family or in other situations, which proves the multiple roles one can play in everyday life.
• Society


  A system that is made up of interrelated and mutually dependent parts that join forces to preserve the system or satisfy a purpose or an objective
• Education is considered as the foundation of a society that helps in the achievement of social prosperity, political constancy and economic wealth.
• Education is the most significant indicator of a region's overall development.
• The education system is very vital in complex societies where families, as well as other primary groups, are not yet fully fitted to prepare the young for adulthood, something that is usually expected by the larger society.
• School is an illumination of society rather than of the individual.
• The utmost objective of school and schooling process is to nurture the growth of social progress.
• The education of any society is directly correlated to its sociocultural factors.
• The education process developed from society's social structure, social norms, and values system is the result of human society's goal to transfer surviving cultural content from one generation to the next.
• In informal settings, socialization happens when a community interacts with or educates their members about the society's norms and values.
• In a traditional manner, Christian missionaries Islamic Madrasah, Buddhist monasteries, and other religious institutions convert individuals to their faith by infusing their religious ideals.
• The transmission of norms and values is not limited to religions; each community transfers its norms and values whenever possible.
• Key concepts transmitted to the younger generation

  • Authority of elite culture
  • Gender disparity
  • Other sociocultural features
• French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu viewed education as a perpetrator of the dominant class culture. He called this phenomenon "cultural reproduction".
• Brazilia educator Paulo Freire observed that the teaching process, method, and language can make a difference between the oppressors and the oppressed.
• Equality of opportunity is a core value of democracy, but it has become increasingly difficult to obtain in the present economic condition due to the growing gap between rich and poor.
• Certain knowledge in various areas of studies such as professional courses in engineering, medical, MCA, MBA and other applied courses are higher in demand in the Indian context, proving that the economy of society greatly influences educational and human development in any region.
• German philosopher and political theorist Karl Marx considered the economy the basic structure for getting power and dominance in society.
• The educational system also plays a key part in legitimizing control of the dominant section of society.
• The state's nature, its political parties, along with its ideology and policy, steer the nature of education system and its policy in society.
• Inherent inequality is a key weakness in democratic states, even if they practice ideas of democratic education development.
• There is a failure on the part of democratic societies to offer education to all, especially to the most deprived and marginalized sections, and this is due to the latter's status in the society.
• Socialist states infuse their own political ideology rather than employing secular education despite asserting for a common education system.
• In 1933, under the Nazi German education system, schools were designed to influence children and get them unquestioningly accept Nazi doctrines.
• Similarly, the USSR, after 1917, used education to carry on with their communist agenda. Educational institutions then have become places of political socialization rather than for the search of the truth.
• School


  An educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the supervision of teachers
• A school is the most suitable and formal agency of education which is responsible for guiding the society's transmission of knowledge, cultural norms, and values.
• Socialization


  The process of creating a social self, learning one's culture and learning the rules and expectations of the culture
• The school is an artificial institution set up for the purpose of socialization and cultural transmission.
• The school exposes students to social standards and values further than those existing in the family and other individuals, other than teaching students how to write and spell, and to excel in mathematics.
• Through education, the child is able to develop reasoning in social relations, cultivates social virtues and thus becomes socially efficient.