W3

• Education - the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits
• Socialization - a process of learning the attitudes, values and behaviors that are expected from an individual as a member of society
• Ways to educate and train young population:

  • Formal Education
  • Non-formal Education
  • Informal Education
• Formal Education - the major means used by the state to educate majority of the population
• Non-formal Education - when young people interacts with adults or with their parents, they are learning the culture of the group
• Informal Education - pertains to the lifelong learning process of an individual, one's acquisition of values, skills and knowledge from his/her daily experience in the society
• 2 functions of education:

  Manifest (opened, obvious, stated) 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

  Latent (hidden) function - one that is not consciously intended, but that, nonetheless, has a beneficial effect on society.
• Latent functions of education


  Functions of education that are not explicitly stated or intended
• Latent functions of education

  • Transmission of culture
  • Promotion of social and political integration
  • Maintenance of social culture
  • Serving as agent of change
• Transmission of culture


  The school is a vital institution that serves in transmitting culture
• Promotion of social and political integration

  The educational institution is the instrument of the state (government) to promote unity, cooperation and solidarity
• Maintenance of social culture

  • Students need rules and regulations to maintain order
  • Students are taught the values of respect for authority, discipline, following rigid schedule and routines, study habits, punctuality, and other life's strategies
• Serving as agent of change

  Educational institutions lead in bringing the needed change in the way humankind regards the environment
• Conflict Perspective of Education

  1. Credentialism - nowadays, the diploma from a university or college is becoming a common requirement for a person to get into the paid labor sector. Credentialns are needed for somebody to get promotion.
  2. Bestowal of Status - education confers social status to the individual. Many parents send their children to top-notch schools and universities to get the same top-notch status
• Education is a Basic Human Right

   - the right to education is very crucial in order to exercise all other human rights. The lack of educational opportunities leads to never-ending cycle of poverty.
• Article 26: Everyone has the right to education

  Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. 
• The Philippine 1987 Constitution

  Article XIV (Education, Science and Technology, Arts, Culture and Sports

  Section 1. The State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels, and shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all.
• Republic Act 10533:Enhancing the Basic Education System

  K-12:

  • Kindergarten
  • Primary Educ (6 years)
  • Junior High (4 years)
  • Senior High (2 years)