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The Multiple School Functions: Lycea Femaica A. Valdez BSE II-Filipino

The document discusses the multiple functions of schools which include technical/economic functions, human/social functions, political functions, cultural functions, and educational functions. It provides examples of each type of function at the individual, institutional, community/society, and international levels. The functions refer to the various contributions schools make across different domains.

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The Multiple School Functions: Lycea Femaica A. Valdez BSE II-Filipino

The document discusses the multiple functions of schools which include technical/economic functions, human/social functions, political functions, cultural functions, and educational functions. It provides examples of each type of function at the individual, institutional, community/society, and international levels. The functions refer to the various contributions schools make across different domains.

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The Multiple School

Functions
Lycea Femaica A. Valdez BSE II-
FILIPINO
1. Technical/Economic
2. Human/Social
3. Political
4. Cultural
5. Educational
Technical/Economic Functions
They refer to the contributions of schools to the
technical or economic development and needs
of individuals, the institution, the local
community, the society and the international
community.
Technical/Economic Functions
At the institutional level, schools are service organizations
providing quality service. They serve as life place or work place of
society for clients, employers, and all those concerned.
At the community and society levels, schools serve the
economic or instrumental needs of the local community, supply
quality labor forces to the economic system, modify or shape
economic behaviors of students (future customers and citizens),
contribute to the development and stability of the manpower
structure of the economy.
Technical/Economic Functions
At the international level, school education
supplies the high quality forces necessary in
international competitions, economic
cooperation, earth protection, and technology
and information exchange
Human/Social Functions
• They refer to the contributions of schools to human
development and social relationships at different
levels of society.

• At the individual level, schools help individuals


develop themselves, psychologically, socially, and
physically, and help them develop their potential as
fully as possible.
Human/Social Functions
• At the institutional level, a school is a social entity or social system
composed of different social relationships.

• At the community and society levels. According to Functionalism,


schools serve the social needs or functions of the local community,
support social integration of multiple and diverse constituencies of
society, facilitate the social mobility within the existing social class
structure, reinforce social equality for all.
Political Functions
They refer to the contribution of schools to the political development at different
levels of society.

At the individual level, schools help students to develop positive civic attitudes
and skills to exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

At the community and society levels, schools serve the political needs of the local
community, maintain the stability of the political structure, promote awareness and
movement of democracy, and facilitate the planned political development and
changes.
Political Functions
At the international level, schools act as a place for
systematically socializing students into a set of political norms,
values, and beliefs, or for critically discussing and reflecting on
the existing political events. Schools often become a political
coalition of teachers, parents, and students that can contribute to
the stability of the political power structure.

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