Functions of The School PDF
Functions of The School PDF
Functions of The School PDF
SCHOOLS
At present, school do not only
serve as a teachers, but also as
parents, nannies, police officers,
health workers, spiritual
advisers, election officers,
researchers, economic
producers, and entertainers of
society.
Broad Functions of
Schools
Intellectual Function
Political Function
Economic Function
Social Function
Functions of Schooling According to
Varied Groups
Group Functions of Schooling
Socializes the young to perform needed adult
roles
Society Keeps the young occupied
Delay entry into the job market
Helps perpetuate society by socializing the
young into particular societal values, and beliefs
Develops skill needed to live in society such as
reading and writing
Selects and allocates the young to the needed
roles from professional to laborers
Formalizes socialization experience
,especially in formal learning
Facilitates peer interaction
Structures socialization experience
Helps meet family goals for successful
children
Community Gives children more options in the
competitive marketplace
Produces young people who will fit into
the community
Provides an opportunity to get
together with peers and engage
in sports and other activities
Individual Socializes students into having
Student acceptable attitude and
behaviors
Provides skills and knowledge
for them to fit into society’s
competitive bureaucracies
Functions of Schooling at the
Individual Level
Interaction Perspective
Functional Perspective
Conflict Perspective
Critical Perspective
Function Of Schooling at the Societal Level
1. Cultural Transmission
As a social institutional, schools take a more
traditional purpose in passing on of culture.
Interaction Perspective – Interaction view that culture
conformity or defiance is dependent on the meaning constructed
by the students about the elements of their culture.
Function Perspective- Functionalists argue that the
function of school for cultural transmission is necessary for it
maintains solidarity, integration, and stability of the society.
Conflict Perspective- Conflict theorists take a critical
view of education by arguing that educational system
teaches and supports the norms, values, and social skills
upheld by the rich and powerful-that schools restrict the
assertion of individualism and creativity as they are inimical
to the maintenance of social order , and that schools play
little role in promoting significant changes in society.
Critical Perspective- Critical theorists assert that individuals must be
suspicious why such cultural elements are transmitted to individuals
and society.
4. Political Integration
Schools promote political integration and develops a sense of
national identify that stabilizes the political system.
Interactionist Perspective- Interactionists say that democracy or any
political ideology is a social construct and is product of social interaction in
school .
Functional Perspective- Functionalism contends that education has
positive effects on the attitudes toward the political landscape of a given
country.
Conflict Perspective- School is an indoctrinating agent of that
state to perpetuate its political ideology.
Critical Perspective- Critical theorists contend that the commonly
accepted political cliché's, ideology, principles, and philosophies must be
periodically revisited, redefined, evaluated, and reframed since they may
not hold true today or may be irrelevant with the passing of time.
Social control refers to the set of rules that are dispensed for
individuals who act contrary to the standards of proper conduct.
Discipline means that teachers have to exercise their authority in the
best interest of the students, emphasizing the development of self-
discipline, independence, and maturity.
Interactionist Perspective- Schools reinforce discipline
and social control through rituals, such as checking of
attendance.”NO I.D.NO entry policy, "strict implementation
of uniform, and disciplinary actions.
• Challenging authority