Impact
of Education on society?
Table
of contents:
The
Relationship between Education and Society
What
is the connection between education and society?
How
does education and society influence each other?
What
is the connection between education and social progress?
Social Change and
Education
Education as a
Subsystem
Economic development
through education
Society can be thought of as a
collection of interconnected, mutually reliant elements that work together
(more or less) to maintain a recognizable whole and achieve some purpose or
objective. The ordered arrangement of sections of society and the multiplicity
of humans interacting with one another is referred to as a social system. A
social system presupposes a social structure made up of several pieces that are
interconnected in order to carry out their functions.
Every civilization creates several
institutions to carry out its functions. Familial institutions, religious
institutions, educational institutions, economic institutions, and political institutions
are the five major complexes of institutions described. Within the wider social
system or society, these institutions constitute sub-systems.
Education as a Subsystem:
Education is a societal subsystem. It
is interconnected with other subsystems. Because they are interconnected,
several institutions or sub-systems form a social system. Education, as a
sub-system, serves a variety of purposes for society as a whole. Education and
other sub-systems have functional relationships as well. Education, for
example, prepares people for jobs that demand specific talents. Similarly,
economic institutions have an impact on schooling.
The efficacy of a society's organized
activities is determined by the interaction and interdependence of the institutions
that make up the total. Now, we'll look at the role of education in society and
the interaction between education and other societal subsystems from a
functionalist standpoint.
The functionalist view of education emphasizes
education's positive benefits to the maintenance of the social structure.
According to scholars, education's
primary duty is to transmit society's norms and values. The necessary commonalities that collective
life necessitates," it continues. Cooperation, social solidarity, and so
social life would be impossible without these fundamental similarities. Creating
harmony is an important task for all societies..
It is claimed that in order for a
youngster to get tied to society, he or she must sense something real, alive,
and powerful in it, something that dominates the individual and to which he
owes the best part of himself.
This relationship between the
individual and society is provided by education, particularly the teaching of
history. If the youngster is taught about his society's past, he will realize
that he is a part of something bigger than himself, and he will acquire a sense
of belonging to the social group.
It is often stated that in complicated
industrial cultures, the school fulfils a function that neither family nor peer
groups can fulfill.
Family membership is determined by
blood ties, but poor group membership is determined by personal choice.
Neither of these concepts govern
membership in society as a whole. Individuals must learn to work with people
who aren't related to them or their buddies. The school provides a setting in
which these abilities can be acquired. As such, it is a small version of
society, a model of the social structure. In school, the youngster is required
to interact with other students according to a set of rules.
Furthermore, after initial socialization
occurs within the home, the school assumes the role of 'focal socializing
agent.' School serves as a link between the home and society as a whole,
preparing children for adulthood.
The child is judged and handled
substantially in terms of 'particularistic' criteria within the family.
Individuals are treated and judged in
society according to 'Universalistic' norms. The status of a child is assigned
within the family and is determined by birth. Adult status, on the other hand,
is largely realized in modern industrial societies. As a result, the child must
progress from particularistic standards and attributed family status to
universalistic standards and accomplished adult social status.
The school helps students prepare for
this change. Schools function on a meritocratic system, with students achieving
status based on their achievements. Scholars believe that the school is a
microcosm of society.
The school helps students prepare for
this change. Schools function on a meritocratic system, with students achieving
status based on their achievements. Scholars also claim that the school is a
microcosm of society.
The school prepares young people for
adult tasks by mirroring the functioning of society as a whole.
Schools socialize young people into
society's basic ideals as part of this process. These ideals have a vital role
in society as a whole.
The educational system is thought to be
a key tool for selecting people for their future roles in society.
As a result of testing and evaluating
pupils, schools are able to match their abilities, skills, and capacities to
the jobs that they are best suited for. As a result, the school is considered
as the primary instrument for duty assignment.
Some academics regard education as a
technique of assigning roles. They do, however, make a stronger link between
the educational system and the social stratification system. According to them,
social stratification is a method for guaranteeing that society's most talented
and capable people are assigned to the most functionally important roles. High
incentives and rewards are tied to these roles, ensuring that everyone
succeeds. One crucial aspect of this process is the educational system.
Scholars have also explored the
relationship of education and society in terms of ‘Marxian perspective’. Some
of them believe that infrastructure eventually shapes the educational system.
As a result, it will reflect production relations and serve the capitalist
ruling class's interests.
The reproduction of labor force is
necessary for the ruling class to live and develop. He claims that there are
two mechanisms involved in the reproduction of labor. The first is the
transmission of the skills required for a productive workforce. Second, the
reproduction of ruling-class ideology, as well as the socialization workers'
response to it.
These procedures work together to
create a technically proficient, submissive, and obedient workforce. The
replication of such a work force is the role of education in a capitalist
society. According to some researchers, the reproduction of labor power
necessitates not just the replication of its skills, but also the replication
of its obedience to the governing ideology.
A number of ideological State Apparatuses,"
such as the media, legislation, religion, and education, reinforce the
subordination. Ideological State Apparatus spread ruling class ideology,
providing a false sense of class consciousness.
Education not only transmits a general
ruling class ideology that justifies and legitimizes the capitalist system, but
it also transmits a specific ruling class ideology that justifies and legitimizes
the capitalist system.
It also replicates the attitudes and behaviors
demanded by the division of labor's major groups. It teaches workers to accept
and submit to their exploitation, and it teaches 'exploitation and repression'
agents, such as managers, administrators, and politicians, how to practice
their trades and dominate the working class as ruling class agents.
In a capitalist society, education
plays a crucial function in the reproduction of labor power. They argue, in
particular, that schooling helps to reproduce workers with the personalities,
attitudes, and outlooks that are appropriate for their exploited situation.
Social ties in schools are said to mirror the hierarchical division of labor in
the workplace.
It can be claimed that education plays
an important function in society. At the same time, the social structure has an
impact on schooling. Educational institutions, such as schools, colleges, and
universities, are created by society to execute specific roles in order to
achieve its goals. The educational system can be seen as a component of the
larger social structure.
It is a part of a social and cultural
order that it reflects and influences. The class system, cultural values, power
structure, balance of individual freedom and societal control, degree of urbanization
and industrialization, all of these elements have a significant impact on any
society's educational system.
It can't go on with only a smattering
of education and widespread illiteracy. The progress of technology has demanded
a reorientation of education.
The impact of a child's education on
the environment is now being given specific consideration, as well as the
greater duties that they must face. Similarly, children from smaller families
have higher educational performance than children from larger families because
their attention obtaining level is too high.
Keeping in mind the above criteria it
would be easier to understand the unrelated factors which used to function
together.
They also have an impact on a child's behavior
at school and at home. The quantity and quality of child-adult interactions
have an impact on a child's verbal development. As a result, the child's family
serves as a learning environment. The family environment does not simply mould
the child.
Social Change and Education:
Education is widely regarded as the
most powerful tool for social transformation. Education is the only way for
society to modernize and bring about desired changes. Several studies have
highlighted the importance of education in affecting societal transformation.
Economic development through education:
Economic development brings about
societal change. Education, on the other hand, is what leads to economic
progress. Education plays a role in the advancement of science and technology.
Education is a 'prerequisite' for economic transformation.
It is a key means of raising society's
economic standard.
