School is considered one of the major aspects of educational institution

aside from the teachers, curriculum, and the students. Each aspect is working
side by side to support the other aspects accurately.

School plays a significant role in the educative process. It is considered
a. an instrument to reshape community and build a good society;
b. To produce quality people by means of shaping the learners attitude and
behavior influenced by the teacher.

It is the school that fulfills the social responsibility of preparing the
individual for the future by:
a) Fitting him in the society that he lives in (adjustive function);
b) Enabling him to use his knowledge and creative powers to improve this
society (constructive function).

Reference: Pila, Rowena A., Quendanganan, Magno M., and Doctolero,
Priscilla L. (2013). The Teaching Profession in the Philippines. Anvil
Publishing, Inc., Mandaluyong City, Philippines.

- Education helps the child to develop the inborn
potentialities of child providing scope to develop.
- Education helps to modify the past behavior through
learning and through different agencies of education.
- Education aims at the all round development of child-
physical, mental, social, emotional, and spiritual.
- After completion of education the child can earn its
livelihood getting proper education, which has productivity.
The education should be imparted according to the own
interest of the child.
- The whole personality of the child is developed physically,
intellectually, morally, socially, aesthetically and spiritually.
He is recognized in the society.
- Man differs from beast. Man has reasoning and thinking
power. Man tries his best to adjust with his own
environment through education.
Society is a progressive and dynamic social environment where the
personality of the child can be developed. Education helps to walk
with the development of science and technology.
Education helps the individual to reconstruct the experience and
adjust with the environment.
Education teaches the moral and social value like cooperation,
tolerance, sympathy, fellow feelings, love affection, respect, helping
the poor and needy persons.
Education teaches us to give equal opportunities in all aspects
irrespective of caste, creed, color, sex and religion
Education
helps to make rising generation to understand its rights and duties as
citizens of a democratic country.
leadership quality of the individual is
developed when he participates in a spheres of social, political,
religious and educational activities
Education integration leads to
emotional integration. Education trains people for unity, not for
locality, for democracy and not for dictatorship.
Education helps for bringing
about total national development by developing all aspects.
Reference:
Sharma, Aman. What are the functions of education towards
individual, society and country?
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Education is the social institution that is responsible for transmitting
knowledge, skills and cultural values in a formally organized structure (Kendall,
1998:274-297)

A. SOCIALIZATION
Socialization is the most important function of education. For children
to become productive members of society, they need to learn the norms,
values, and skills and therefore, education is a primary vehicle for such
learning.
Kendall (1998:276) contends that from kindergarten through college
schools teach students the student-roles, specific academic subjects, and
political socialization (e.g. the importance of the democratic process).
B. SOCIAL INTEGRATION
Schools are responsible for teaching discipline, respect, obedience,
punctuality, and perseverance. They teach conformity by teaching young
people to be good students, conscientious future workers, and law abiders
(Kendall, 1998:276)
C. SOCIAL PLACEMENT
Beginning in grade school, students are identified by teachers and other
school officials either as bright and motivated or as less bright and even
educationally challenged. Depending on how they are identified, children are
taught at the level that is thought to suit them best.
Tracking.
Schools are responsible for identifying the most qualified people to fill advanced,
positions in society. Schools often channel students into programs based on their
ability and academic achievement. Graduates receive appropriate credentials for
entering the paid work force (Kendall, 1998:276).
D. SOCIAL and CULTURAL INNOVATION
Our scientists cannot make important scientific discoveries and our artists and
thinkers cannot come up with great works of art, poetry, and prose unless they
have firsts been educated in the many subjects they need to know for their
chosen path.

References:
Barkan, Steven E. Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World,
Comprehesive Edition, v. 1.0
Retrieved from:
catalog.flatworldknowledge.com/bookhub/1806?e=barkan-ch16_sO2
Relevance refers to learning experiences that are directly applicable to the personal
aspirations, interests, or cultural experiences of students (personal relevance) or
that are connected in some way to real-world issues, problems, and contexts (life
relevance).

A. Personal relevance occurs when learning is connected to an individual students
interests, aspirations, and life experiences. Advocates argue that personal
relevance, when effectively incorporated into instruction, can increase a
students motivation to learn, engagement in what is being taught, and even
knowledge retention and recall. The following are a few representative forms of
personal relevance:
a. Individual choices: A teacher might ask students to write about the United
States presidency, but then allow them to choose which president they will
study.
b. Product choices: If a particular learning standard is being taught, such as
conduct historical research using original sources, a teacher might allow
students to demonstrate their research skills by creating different products.
c. Varied content: In a news and journalism course, for example, a teacher
might ask students to monitor and analyze news stories about current world
events. Students might be allowed to choose an area of personal interest and
monitor news reports in those areas as relevant events unfold.
d. Cultural connections: In a world-history course, a teacher might allow
students to investigate certain historical topics or time periods through a
culturally relevant connection.

B. Life relevance occurs when learning is connected in some way to real-world
issues, problems, and contexts outside of school. Life relevance is generally
intended to equip students with practical skills, knowledge, and dispositions that
they can apply in various educational, career, and civic contexts throughout their
lives. As with personal relevance, advocates contend that life relevance can
improve engagement, motivation, and learning acquisition. Life relevance may
also intersect in a variety of ways with personal relevance. The following are a few
representative forms of life relevance:
a. Skill acquisition: While instructing students, a teacher might incorporate
practical skills that students can apply throughout their lives.
b. Practical context: When teaching abstract mathematical concepts, a teacher
might use practical life contexts to help the concepts come alive for
students.
c. Current events: In a unit on presidential elections in a social-studies
course, students might be asked to monitor campaign advertising on radio,
television, and the internet, and then research the accuracy of the
statements being made. Students may then write an analysis of how
campaigns manipulate the presentation of facts to influence voter
opinions about a particular candidate or issue.
d. Community connections: In a government course, a teacher might draw
comparisons between national governmental functions and how the
government works in the local community. The teacher might ask students
to study local politics, interview elected officials, and put together a
citizen-action proposal that will be presented to the city or town council.
As students learn about local politics, they get a more concrete
understanding of how government works at the state or national level.
e. Career aspirations: In a business course, a teacher might ask students to
develop a business plan for a proposed company. Students pick an industry
that interests and then they research existing businesses in the field,
determine how they will raise start-up funding, create a marketing
campaign, and pitch their final proposals to local business leaders. While
learning about business and economics, students also learn whether the
career path is a good fit for them, and they acquire practical skills that will
help them when they enter the workforce.
Reference: The Great Schools Partnership. The Glossary of
EDUCATION REFORM for Journalists, parents, and
community members.

Retrieved from: edglossary.org/relevance/
1. Schools, as official members of the civic organizations in the
Philippines, should maintain strong relationships with the
community and with other community institutions.
2. Teachers serve as volunteer workers of the organizations.
3. Being a teacher means being fully supportive of the
philosophy and practices of the community.
4. As a Filipino citizen, we have to show concern about the needs
of communities by encouraging the application of learning.
5. It is also the responsibility of school officials and teachers to
collect, organize, and present to the public the facts necessary
for adequate interpretation of the educational needs of the
community, and to take on the leadership role in arriving at
proposals to meet these needs.
6. The Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) is the most logical and
convenient organization for securing support of the educational
programs of the school. This body is a very valuable group that
serves as the link to learning and development of the student
and the community as well.
7. The PTA represents the Community to the school administration
and in turn interprets the school to the community. Recently, the
community was included in the association, forming the Parent-
Teacher Community Association (PTCA).
8. The school becomes the center of the Community for progress
and all related development activities.

Reference: Pila, Rowena A., Quendanganan, Magno M. and
Doctolero, Priscilla L. (2013). The Teaching Profession in
the Philippines. Anvil Publishing, Inc., Mandaluyong City,
Philippines.
1. BROKEN FAMILIES.

Causes:

a. Severe Poverty and Unemployment.
Either mother or father is forced to work abroad just to save the
members of the family from hunger and famine. But another
problem arise wherein the spouse here in the Philippines has another
live-in partner with additional family members to support.
As a result, students tend to engage in drug addiction, fraternities,
teenage parenting, juvenile delinquency, violence and vandalism, and
sexual abuse which lead to truancy and school dropouts.
b. Students are living with grandparents and other relatives. Despite
financial assistance abroad, they tend to smoke cigarettes,
marijuana and shabu with their peers as pampalipas oras. In my
personal interview with one of my truant and drug addict student,
he wanted his mother to go home for he is longing for maternal love
and care. In addition to, another student of mine was a rape victim
(raped by her cousin) when she was 12 years old. Her mother works
abroad until now as domestic helper while her father has other
family. She is staying with her sister (married). She is longing for a
father figure for she didnt see her father since birth.

2. Catch-Key Children. According to Dr. Paul A. Rodriguez, 80% of
todays students live in families in which either both parents work or
the only parent works full time. Often times, children come home to
empty homes or apartments after school. As a result, they tend to
seek commaraderie or peers to lean on. As quote pagusto lang
kami sa balay, wala kami ginasaway. This student of mine is an
active smoker (marijuana and shabu).
Interventions:

Teachers are responsible in educating the youth, as stated in the 1987
Constitution, Article XIV: 1. Second parents. Teachers may influence the
behavior and character of students, as they are second to none in doing the
noble service of rearing good citizens and future leader of our nation.

a. Teachers should provide emotional support and advice to poor, rape
victims, run away and drug addict students.
b. Home visitation is necessary to understand real situation and family
background.
c. Guidance counselling to both students and parents.
d. Constant Communication. Give them responsibility and assignment in
school. Talk to them as often as you can and give assigned task. For
example, assign him to lead the prayer, to wipe the windows and
encourage him to recite in class in such a way he feels he is a part of
class. By knowing each students individual differences, one has a
better idea on how to interact with one another.