SEARCH for MR. and MS. EDUCATION

2014

What is Education?•Transmission of knowledge, skills

and values•Originally a family responsibility•Objectives:

•Development of talents and character•Socio-economic growth

Functions of Education•Manifest Function•Latent Function

•Restricting some activities•Matchmaking & Production of Social

Networks•Creation of Generation Gap

Education:A Brief History

Primitive Education

Primitive Education•Relatively simple, extraordinarily

conservative, prone to superstitions

•Main goal is to survive and conform to the tribe a person belongs to

•Types of Primitive Education:•Vocational and domestic education•Religious education

Primitive Education•Agencies of Primitive Education:

•Home•Environment

•Effects:•Culture was passed on and preserved•Survive and adopt political and social

life

Oriental Education

Oriental Education•Education for social stability•Types of Oriental Education:

•Moral training•Theoretical/religious training

•Agencies of Oriental Education:•Home•Pagoda or temple•Under the trees or covered sheds

Oriental Education•Effects:

•Inclusion of liberal education in all school levels

•Holistic integration of human personality for his cultural improvement

Sumerian Education

Sumerian Education•Education for business

development•Main goal is to train scribes to do

ecclesiastical work in the temples (mostly writing)

Sumerian Education•Types of Sumerian Education:

•Writing education•Mathematical education•Language education•Vocational education•Professional education•Art education

Sumerian Education•Agencies of Sumerian Education:

•School•Home•Temple schools

•Effects:•Conservation of early civilization’s

origins

Early Egyptian Education

Early Egyptian Education•Main goal is to inculcate proper

respect for the gods and pharaoh•Types of Early Egyptian Education:

•Writing education•Mathematical education•Reading education•Sports•“Instruction of Wisdom” (ethics and

morality)

Early Egyptian Education•Agencies of Early Egyptian Education:

•Home•General village school•Career-oriented schools

•Temples•Governmental centers•Effects:

•World’s first national government•Basic forms of arithmetic•The 365-day calendar•Papyrus

Significance of Education•Self-fulfillment•Employment•Respect and prestige•Get out from poverty•Accomplishment; means of

success

Influences on Education•Family•Community•Mass Media•Workplace•Peer Group/Organizations•Church•Social Interest Groups

Functions according to Functionalistic View •Cultural Transmission•Social Integration•Personal Development•Screening and Selection•Innovation•Latent Function

Factors that affect Students’ Educational Attainment•Cost of education•Family expectations•Cultural background•Language problems•Teacher’s attitudes•Labeling•Peer-group influence

Factors that cause the Decline of Academic Standards•Permissive-child rearing•Changing family patterns•Impact of television•Overburdened curriculum•Inferior teachers•Discipline problems•Fads and frills•Grater educational access