MODULE 8

FUNCTIONS AND
IMPORTANCE OF
EDUCATION IN THE SOCIETY
 WHAT IS
• It isthe social
EDUCATION?institution through
which society provides its members
with important knowledge,
including basic facts, job skills, and
cultural norms and values
• It is systematic training of the
moral and intellectual faculties of
the mind.
 EDUCATION IN THE
PHILIPPINES
Education in the Philippines is
managed and regulated by the
Department of Education,
commonly referred to as the DepEd.
 DEPARTMENT OF
• Itcontrols the Philippine
EDUCATION educational
system (e.g. curriculum and funds)
• It also manages the construction of
schools
• It also manages the acquisition of
books and other school materials
• The recruitment of teachers and staff
 TYPES OF
EDUCATION
 1. FORMAL
• This EDUCATION
refers to the hierarchically
structured, chronologically graded
educational system. At the end of
each level, the learners must obtain
certification in order to enter or
advance to the next level.
 LEVELS IN
FORMAL
EDUCATION
 A. ELEMENTARY
It EDUCATION
involves compulsory, formal
education
primarily concerned with providing
basic education, and usually
corresponds to a traditional six grades.
 B. SECONDARY
It is EDUCATION
concerned primarily with
continuing basic education of the
elementary level and expanding it to
include the learning of employable,
gainful skills, usually corresponding to
four years of junior high school and
two years of senior high school.
 C. TERTIARY
• EDUCATION
Institutions of higher education may
be classified as either public or
private college or university
• Most institutions of higher learning
are regulated by the Commission
of Higher Education (CHED)
 C. TERTIARY
Public EDUCATION
universities are government
funded, with the largest, the University
of the Philippines, receiving a
substantial amount from the annual
budget. Public universities are all
non-sectarian and offer a wide-range of
programs, with English as medium of
instruction.
 2. NON-FORMAL
• It EDUCATION
refers to any organized
educational activity outside the
established formal system to provide
selected types of learning to a
segment of the population.
• It enables a student to learn skills
and knowledge through structured
learning experiences.
 2. NON-FORMAL
Example: Vocational
EDUCATION Education
• Programs offered vary in duration
from a few weeks to two years.
• Centrally-administered examinations
to obtain their diploma or certificate.
• Do not require an entrance
examination.
 3. INFORMAL
• EDUCATION
It is a lifelong process whereby every
individual acquires from daily
experiences, attitudes, values, facts,
skills, and knowledge or motor skill
from resources in his or her higher
environment.
 3. INFORMAL
• It EDUCATION
offers alternative learning
opportunities for the out of school
youth and adults specifically those
who are 15 years old and above and
unable to avail themselves of the
educational services and programs
of formal education.
 4. SPECIAL
• Itrefers EDUCATION
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.
 4. SPECIAL
• It aims EDUCATION
to develop the maximums
potential of the child with the special
needs to enable him/her to become
self-reliant and take advantage of
the opportunities for a full and happy
life.
FUNCTIONS OF
EDUCATION IN
THE SOCIETY
 1. PRODUCTIVE
CITIZENTRY
Education systems enable citizens to
be productive members of a society,
as they are equipped with knowledge
and skills that could contribute to the
development of their society’s systems
and institutions.
 2. SELF-
ACTUALIZATION
According to Abraham Maslow, self-
actualization is the highest form of
human need.
• It was defined as “to become more
and more what one is, to become
everything that one is capable of
becoming.”
 2. SELF-
• The ACTUALIZATION
concept of Maslow’s hierarchy
of needs is once that level is fulfilled
the next level up is what motivates
us, and so on.
 SELF- ACTUALIZATION
1. Physiological needs - these are
biological requirements for human
survival. If these needs are not
satisfied the human body cannot
function optimally.
Ex. air, food, drink, shelter, clothing,
warmth, sleep.
 SELF- ACTUALIZATION
2. Safety needs - protection from
elements, security, order, law, stability,
freedom from fear.
 SELF- ACTUALIZATION
3. Love and belongingness needs -
the need for interpersonal relationships
motivates behavior
Ex. friendship, intimacy, trust, and
acceptance, receiving and giving
affection and love. Affiliating, being
part of a group (family, friends, work).
 SELF- ACTUALIZATION
4. Esteem needs - which Maslow
classified into two categories: (i)
esteem for oneself (dignity,
achievement, mastery, and
independence) and (ii) the desire for
reputation or respect from others
(e.g., status, prestige).
 SELF- ACTUALIZATION
5. Self-actualization needs -
realizing personal potential, self
fulfillment, seeking personal growth
and peak experiences.
 Primary
Education as a
Human Right
Primary education is essential in the
early stages of human life. Humans
need education to enable them to
adapt to the dictates of their society.
The UNESCO declare that education is
a fundamental human right and
essential for the exercise of all other
human rights. It promotes individual
freedom and empowerment and yields
important development benefits.