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Functions of Education

in the Society

WEEK 2 - DAY 2
MELCS
Examine the functions
and importance
of education in the
society.
REVIEW
Directions: Choose the letter of the
correct answer.
1.a lifelong process of learning by which every
person acquires and accumulates
knowledge, skills, attitude from daily
experiences at home, at work, at play, and
from life itself
a. Formal Education
b . Nonformal Education
c. Special Education
d. Informal Education
2. an organized educational activity that
takes placed outside a formal set up. It has
no age-limit, even adults can take part in a
nonformal education program.
a. Formal Education
b . Nonformal Education
c. Special Education
d. Informal Education
3. usually takes place in a classroom setting and
provided by trained teaching and nonteaching
staff. It has an approved curriculum, which
includes the course outline, the prescribed number
of sessions to finish the lessons, and authentic
assessments and outputs.
a. Formal Education
b . Nonformal Education
c. Special Education
d. Informal Education
4. refers to the education of persons who are
physically, mentally, emotionally, socially or
culturally different from so-called “normal”
individuals, such that they require modification
of school practices to develop their potential.
a. Formal Education
b . Nonformal Education
c. Special Education
d. Informal Education
FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATION IN THE
SOCIETY
• Give training in specific skills; or the basic general
education literacy
• Prepare individuals for job
• Preserving culture from generation to generation
• Encouraging democratic participation through
verbal skills
• Develop the person’s ability to think logically
FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATION IN THE
SOCIETY
• Enriching life by enabling the students to expand
his/her intellectual and aesthetic horizons
• Improving personal adjustment through personal
counselling
• Improving the health of the nation’s youth
• Producing nationalistic citizens
• Build personal character
TWO MOST IMPORTANT GOALS OF
EDUCATION

PRODUCTIVE CITIZENRY SELF-ACTUALIZATION


refers to an idea refers to a
that a citizen can desire for self-
create
fulfillment.
opportunities to
become
productive.
• Maslow listed several characteristics
of a self-actualized people. These
include the following: acceptance and
realism, problem-centering,
spontaneity, autonomy and solitude
and continued freshness of
appreciation.
PRIMARY EDUCATION AS A HUMAN
RIGHT
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that
everyone has the right to education. Education has to be free
and compulsory at least in the primary level, higher
education and technical-vocational education should be
made generally available. In the statement of United Nations
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),
education is a fundamental human right and essential for the
exercise of all other human rights.
PRIMARY EDUCATION AS A HUMAN
RIGHT
It promotes individual freedom and empowerment and
yields important development benefits. Education is a
powerful tool by which economically and socially
marginalized adults and children can lift themselves
out of poverty and participate fully as citizens. Hence
in the Philippines, primary education is considered a
right of a child. It is enshrined in the 1987 Philippine
Constitution

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