PILLARS OF EDUCATION

1. LEARNING TO KNOW

to better comprehend the world & its complexities

e.g. concentration, memory skills, critical thinking skills, comprehension, asking questions, data gathering & selecting information

2. LEARNING TO DO

learning must transform certified skills into personal competence

initiative and willingness to work

e.g., finding a job that is in line with your technical skills

3. LEARNING TO BE

aims to provide self analytical and social skills to enable individuals to develop to their fullest potential psycho-socially, affectively as well as physically, for a holistically-developed person

e.g. personal development, professional development, self-actualization

4. LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER

aims to expose individuals to the values implicit within human rights, democratic principles, intercultural understanding & respect and peace at all levels of society and human relationships to enable individuals & societies to live in peace and harmony

e.g. rules of discipline

The specific purposes of the school are the following:

a. Cognitive Purposes

teaching the basic cognitive skills such as reading, writing, & speaking

b. Political Purposes

inculcation of patriotism or loyalty to the existing political order

c. Social Purposes

concerns with the socialization of citizens into their various roles in society

d. Economic Purposes

involves training & preparation of citizens for the world of work

 

CULTURAL TRANSMISSION PROCESS

 

1. ENCULTURATION

aquisition of one owns culture thru the process of socialization with much help of parents, peers & siblings

very first familiarization process

IMMERSION

state where the individual is exposed to the social norms

engage deeply in the activities to absorb all the teachings given

 

2. ACCULTURATION

amalgamation of two cultures

the adoption of a minority cultural group of a majority's culture

INTEGRATION

adopting from new culture while still maintaining the original culture

SEPARATION

maintain original culture & minimize contact w/ the new culture

ASSIMILATION

abandon original culture & adopt from new culture

MARGINALIZATION

exclusion/discrimination; cannot maintain original culture & cannot assimilate into the new culture

 

FUNCTIONALIST THEORY (EQUILIBRIUM THEORY)

interdependence & consensus

consensus - normal state of society

social equilibrium - achieved through the process of socialization of members (interdependent) into the basic values and norms

a. TALCOTT PARSONS

conceptualized society as a collection of systems within systems

b. EMILE DURKHEIM

education is the influence exercised by adult generations to arouse and to develop the child in physical, intellectual & moral states

 

CONFLICT THEORY

assumes a tension in society & its parts due to competing interest of individuals and groups

society holds economic, political, cultural, military power, and not shared values alone

based on four interlocking concepts: competition, structural inequality, revolution, & war

a. KARL MARX

the founder of the CONFLICT school of thought

believed that the class system separates the employers from workers and workers from the benefits of their own labor

b. MAX WEBER

the father of bureaucratic thought

class differences alone could not fully explain the complex ways of society

the main activity of schools is to teach particular “status cultures” both in & outside the classroom

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INTERACTION THEORIES

focus on the communication & the relationship that exists among and between groups in education

peers, teachers-students, teacher-principal, & teacher-parents

a. LABELLING THEORY

related to expectations

students are labeled either as gifted or learning disabled, fast or slow learner, smart or dumb (affect the quality & speed of learning)

b. EXCHANGE THEORY

based on the concept of reciprocity or mutual benefit

bind individuals (teachers, students, parents, administrators) with obligations (include reward & benefits)

people behave in such a way that one individual can get something from the other & vice versa

KIND OF TENSION

• Tension Between Modernity & Tradition

when for some the process of change is slow, for others it is not so, thereby creating problem of adaptation

• Tension Between Spiritual & Material

when self-worth is equated with material accumulation may lead to apathy, passivity, hopelessness & pessimism

• Tension Between Individual & Universal

while culture is steadily being globalized, this development is being partial

• Tension Between The Global and the Local

challenge to an individual how he or she can adapt to the changing world without forgetting or turning his/her back from the past

• Tension Between Long Term and Short Term Considerations

when people prefer to have quick answers and ready solution to many problems even if its calls for a patient, concerted, negotiated strategy of reform

• New Paradigm Shift In Education

shift from rigid subject matter to a more interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary pedagogical approach

life long education for all

• Global Education

allows students to be more accepting or tolerant of other cultures

• Multicultural Education

envisions to to transform the school so that male and female students, exceptional students, and students from diverse cultural, social-class, racial & ethnic groups experience an equal opportunity to learn (by James Banks)

• Inclusive Education

recognizes the knowledge & experience of women, racial groups & ethnic groups as being just as valid & relevant as the knowledge of dominant groups

• Civic Education

focus on learning for effective participation in democratic & development processes at both local & national levels

focuses on the study of the basic concepts, beliefs and values underlying our democratic political community and constitutional order

• Peace Education

focus on nonviolent alternatives for managing conflict, skills for critical analysis of structural arrangements that produce and legitimize injustice and inequality

• Environmental Education

emphasizes human-earth relationships & fosters a vision of education for sustainable development to build a global culture of ecological responsibility

• Human Rights Education

focus on the values, principles & standards, & human rights & how they can be translated into day-to-day actions

• Cultural Globalization

rapid traversing of ideas, attitudes and values across national borders that generally leads to an interconnectedness and interaction between peoples of diverse cultures and ways of life

• Family

smallest social institution

conjugal family - h/w/c

consanguine family - h/w+p/s/etc.

• Polygamy

man & 2+ woman

• Polyandry

woman & 2+ man

• Cenogamy

polygamy + polyandry (group marriage)

• Patrilocal

married lives w/ husband's side

• Matrilocal

married lives w/ wife's side

• Neolocal

married lives by themselves

• Patriarchal

father is dominant

• Matriarchal

mother is dominant

• Equilitarian

f & m share in making decision



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