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Who decides your education?

Will schooling make a significant difference in individuals lives?

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Is your La Sallian Education worth it?

Education
The field of study that is concerned with the pedagogy of teaching and learning

Sociology
Study of people in group situations in terms of structure and processes

Schools
An institution which provide a systematized programs of instruction

Society
An organized group of people

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How would you rate the Filipino Society?

Schools as a Social Institutions

Involve people in group

situations at various levels

Other social institutions include the family, government and church

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Types:
1. Involuntary groups (groups into which members are born) 2. Voluntary groups (associations and groups which individuals choose to belong)
Formal voluntary groups (recognized) Informal voluntary groups

What are the functions, importance and advantages of being a member of social groups?
Educational (via observation, imitation, participation)

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Hierarchical class according to certain criteria

Institutionalized levels of inequality

What are the sources of stratifications? Is inequality advantageous or disadvantageous? Who should control our schools? What are the effect of social stratification in learning?

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Some effects:
Children belonging to a poor disadvantaged family do not aspire much for higher education
This is due to the belief of the family that since it cannot afford to send its children higher institutions of learning, it is enough that the children are able to read and write

Some effects:
Children coming from lower class families have very little exposure to the influence of mass media such as newspapers, magazines, books and other learning materials, and media
Their learning experiences are confined within the classroom only It is believed that because of this situation, students coming from the less-privileged areas like rural areas have lower ratings in the national survey tests than students coming from the more affluent areas

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Some effects:
In most cases, the educational attainment of a child matches the socioeconomic status of his family
Parents would like their children to study in order save them from being poor like their parents Since education is an important means of achieving social and occupational mobility, parents utilize every possible means to enable them to send their children to institutions of higher learning

Model for analyzing the relationship between the school and the society
(Persell in Sadovnik, Cookson, Jr. and Semel, 2001)

SOCIETAL LEVEL Social structures (Strata) Societal ideologies

INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL Educational structures (Hierarchy) Educational ideologies, principles, concepts

INTERPERSONAL LEVEL Expectations, interactions

INTRA-PSYCHIC LEVEL Educational Outcomes (cognitive and non-cognitive)

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Good social interaction is a result of good education, while chaotic social interaction is an outcome of defective learning process.