UNDERSTANDING

CULTURE, SOCIETY
AND POLITICS

QUARTER 1 | LESSON 8
FUNCTIONS AND IMPORTANCE
OF EDUCATION IN THE SOCIETY

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 guide Card

WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW?

Social institutions are group of social positions, connected by social relations and performing a social
role. Different from other institutions, social institutions are purposive, unified structured, permanent in content
and value-laden.

There are five major social institutions; one of these is the Education. After discussing the other social
institutions, let us now discuss and determine how education affects individual’s roles in the society and why is
it important.

As the old saying says, “Education is the key to success”, another social institution that has an important
role in shaping the mind of younger generation is education. This refers to the process of transmitting and even
exchanging of knowledge, skills and culture from one person to another. This became the one of the important
foundation to the development of the society and its members.

LEARNING COMPETENCY:
 Examine the functions and importance of education in the society.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
 Define education
 Differentiate the types of Education
 Determine the Manifest and Latent Function of Education
 Identify the importance of Education in Society

WHAT DO I KNOW?
Read each item carefully, choose the letter of the correct answer
and write your answers in your notebook

1. It is a broad range of educational approaches emerged, including self-learning and homeschooling.

A. Formal Education C. Non formal Education
LESSO FUNCTIONS AND IMPORTANCE
B. Informal Education D. Semiformal Education
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2. The process through which skills, knowledge and values are transmitted from the teachers to learners.
A. Education B. Family C. Society . State
3. The scenario: Carlo is 18yrs old now. He stopped schooling when he was 8yrs old he may be too old
to go back to formal education. What would be your 2advice to him to continue his schooling?
A. Hang out with your gangs C. Do take care of your younger siblings
B. Stay home and play online games D. It’s not too late, enroll to ALS
4. It has an approved curriculum, which has the course outline, the prescribed number of sessions to
end the lesson and authentic assessment and output.
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WHAT’S IN?
Identifying the non-state institution that plays an important role in the international relations
Put a check mark () if it is non-state and cross () if it is not. Write your answer on your notebook.

1. Correctional facilities
2. Banks and Corporation
3. Cooperative and Trade Unions
4. Transnational Advocacy Group
5. Community and Technical Colleges

ACTIVITY Card Four Pics One Word:

Look carefully at the
pictures below. What is it all
about?
WHAT’S NEW?

T S C I N D

U H E L O A

Write your insights about the pictures on the reflection paper.

WHAT IS IT?
DISCUSSION OF ACTIVITY 1

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 Education is done in a formal set up, where teachers and students are only inside the classroom
throughout the teaching and learning process. It follows a certain and approved curriculum to conduct and finish
the lessons with an authentic assessment and outputs. But as the years passed by, changes happened in the
formal set up.
Non-formal education is also an organized educational activity mostly done outside the formal set up. It
is flexible, learner-centered and has no age limit. Also, non-formal education characterised by a deliberate
choice of the person. Meaning, participants in this kind of set up may join at any age, just because they like or
want it and willingly.
In sociological perspective, education has manifest and latent function. Manifest function pertains as the
intended goals of a certain action in an institution. On the contrary, latent function refers to the unintentional
consequences.
As for the goals of education, there are three important goals; productive citizenry, self-actualization,
and raise that it is a human right. It is believed that education helps people create themselves to be a productive
citizen in order to contribute for the improvement of their community. Also, education is a human right that
should be given and enjoyed by everyone. And lastly, people use education to realize their life’s fulfilment
where they keep on striving to reach the peak of the fulfilment. According to Maslow, there are several
characteristics of a self-actualized people:
1. Acceptance and Realism
2. Problem-centering
3. Spontaneity
4. Autonomy and Solitude
5. Continued Freshness of Appreciation

DEEPENING

 What could be the advantage of formal education over non-formal

education and vice versa?

 Does manifest function better than latent function?

How does Education affect the society?

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WHAT’S MORE?
INDEPENDENT ACTIVITY 1
Use the clues below to fill in the crossword puzzle with the correct answer.

1.

O 2. 3.
ACROSS1. It is a system of standardized
C D O patterns of social behavior.2. A form of
1. N S T I T U T I O N education where it is mostly based in the
classroom and follows a curriculum.
E C F
T 2. O R M A L O
Y T R
I M DOWN1. It is an organized group of
O A people who socially interact with one
another with a common purpose2. It is a
N L social institution where process of
acquiring and transmitting of skills and
knowledge occur.3. A form of education
wherein it is a personal choice of the
person.

INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT 1
Classify each example if it describes what particular type of education. Write FE for formal
education and NFE for non-formal education.

1. Joining a swimming lesson

2. Community sports training
3. Preparing for a piano recital
4. Follows an organized curriculum
5. A system from primary to college
6. Going to an educational field trip
7. Enrolling in a prestigious University
8. Doing some research in the library
9. Classroom based teaching and learning
10. Teacher, students and an institution are involved

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INDEPENDENT ACTIVITY 2
Identify each statements from the box below the table if is Manifest or Latent function of Education. Write the
manifest function on COLUMN A and for the latent function write it on COLUMN B. Write your answer on you
notebook.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

FUNCTION STATEMENTS:
A. It restricts some activities
B. Venues for matchmaking
C. It creates generation gap
D. A platform of socialization
E. It promotes political integration
F. It produces of social networks
G. It becomes the agent of change
H. It transfer culture, skills and values
I. It becomes a place for discrimination or vices
J. Enforcer of social control through conformity of rules and laws
INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT 2
Compare and contrast the manifest and latent function based on their content.

Manifest
Function

Latent Function

INDEPENDENT ACTIVITY 3
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 Match the following given quotes (column A) that corresponds to the characteristics of self-actualization
(column B).

Column A Column B
1. “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”
2. “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to
be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love—then make that day
A. Acceptance and
count!”
Realism
3. “I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more
unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.” B. Autonomy and
4. “No matter how many plans you make or how much in control you are, life Solitude
is always winging it.”
5. “The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let C. Continued
things upset you.” Freshness of
Appreciation
6. “For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.”
7. “We cannot be happy in our lives unless we know how lucky we are to D. Problem-
have what we have.” Centering
8. “My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to
people.” E. Spontaneity
9. “Say yes and you'll figure it out afterwards.”
10. “Say yes and you'll figure it out afterwards.”

INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT 3
Classify each example if it best describes what particular goal of education.
Write PC if it is Productive Citizenry, SA if it is Self-Actualization and HR for Human Rights.

1. It serves as a right for everyone.

2. It makes people see things with appreciation.
3. It creates opportunities to become productive.
4. It helps people to fulfill their duties as taxpayers.
5. It builds a sense of independency to the people.
6. It improves the realistic perception of the people.
7. It promotes that education should be enjoyed everyone.
8. It allows people to be qualified for job they are applying for.
9. It enables people to have and developed their social power.
10. It allows people to do something unplanned while conforming to rules.

Reflection Card

WHAT HAVE I LEARNED?

Answer the following questions.

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 1. What is education?
2. What are the forms of education?
3. How does manifest function differ from latent function of education?
Cite one example.
4. What are the three important goals of education?
5. What are the characteristics of a self-actualized people according to Maslow?

WHAT CAN I DO?

Imagine you are already successful in your chosen career. One of your
previous advisers invited you to be the guest speaker of you previous school’s
Completion Ceremony. Write a 2-3 paragraph speech about education, its
importance and how education became your stepping stone to achieve your goals and to
be where you are now.

Read each item carefully, choose

the letter of the correct answer
ASSESSMENT Card and write your answers on your
notebook.

1. It has an approved curriculum, which has the course outline, the prescribed number of sessions to end the
lesson and authentic assessment and output.
A. Formal Education C. Non formal Education
B. Informal Education D. Semiformal Education
2. The scenario, Carlo is 18yrs old now. He stopped schooling when he was 8yrs old he may be too old to
go back to formal education. What would be your advice to him to continue his schooling?
A. Hang out with your gangs
B. Stay home and play online games
C. Do take care of your younger siblings
D. It’s not too late, enroll to Alternative Learning System
3. It is a broad range of educational approaches emerged, including self-learning and homeschooling.
A. Formal Education C. Non formal Education
B. Informal Education D. Semiformal Education
4. Which of the following is the function of education that transmits culture, skills and values?
A. Latent C. Perspective
B. Manifest D. Society
5. The process through which skills, knowledge and values are transmitted from the teachers to learners.
A. Education C. Society
B. Family D. State
6. Which of the following that describes of having a job and allow individuals to fulfill their duties to pay
taxes is an example of most important goals of education?
A. Develop skills C. Self-actualization
B. Gain more friends D. Productive citizenry
7. Which of the following is the most influential social engineers within the country?
A. Priest C. Teacher
B. Social Worker D. Telegrapher
8. What term that describes the desire for self-fulfillment or the tendency for him to become everything that
is one is capable of becoming?
A. Personal gain C. Self-actualization
B. Individual work D. Productive citizenry
9. The following are examples of non-formal education, EXCEPT?
A. Fitness program
B. Community-based adult education courses
C. School grading, college and university degrees
D. Free courses for adult education developed by some organization
10. “How can I ever thank you enough for all you've done? I am forever grateful!” What characteristics of
self-actualized people it emphasize?

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“Speech Rubric.” n.d. Accessed May 28, 2020.
order that each child and citizen has access to quality education.
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A. Latent C. Society
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following characteristics of self-actualized people she belong?
A. Spontaneity
B. Problem-centering
C. Autonomy and Solitude
D. Acceptance and Realism
15. Which of the following is the agent of socialization that prepares children for his or her future adult
economic roles?
A. Church C. Market
B. Community D. School

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Analyze the picture. Give your insights through writing 2-3 paragraphs about the picture by
answering the guide questions. Write your answer on you notebook.

Guide Questions:
What can you say about Nelson Mandela’s
quote?
On your own perception, what is education?
Do you think education is essential to each and
every one of us?

REFERENCE Card

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What I Know What’s New Independent
C - EDUCATION - Assessment 1
C Answer may vary NFE
B NFE
A
NFE
A
C FE
What’s More FE
B Independent
A NFE
Activity 1
C FE
B Across NFE
B Institution FE
C Formal FE
C Down Independent
C Society Activity 2
D Education Column A
What’s In Non-Formal D
E
G
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Column B Independent Assessment
A. Assessment 3 A
B. HR B
C. SA C
F PC B
I PC C
Independent SA A
Assessment 2 SA C
- Answer may HR B
vary PC A
Independent HR D
Activity 3 SA C
B C
E What I Have B
D Learned C
C - Answer may C
A vary
A Additional Activity
C What I Can Do - Answer may
B - Answer may vary
E vary
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ANSWER KEY