Presenters: Aaron Paul L. Ramos Christine Ann Melitante Date: August

EDUCATION Presenters: Aaron Paul L. Ramos Christine Ann Melitante Date: August , 2009

OBJECTIVES

EDUCATION Its broadest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character, or physical ability of an individual (e.g., the consciousness of an infant is educated by its environment through its interaction with its environment); The process of training the physical, mental and/or moral faculties of an individual.

EDUCATION Purpose is to provide an individual with knowledge, skills, competence or usually desirable qualities of behavior and character to render him fit for the duties of life. Also used to mean the knowledge, skills, or values gained through its process.

FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATION to transmit the cultural heritage to help individual select social roles and to train them for the roles they have chosen to integrate into cultural mainstream the various subcultures and identities to serve as a source of social and cultural innovation

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The right to education is enshrined in Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 14 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The right to education has also been reaffirmed in the 1960 UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education, 1st Protocol of ECHR 1981 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

RIGHT TO EDUCATION in the PHILIPPINES “The state shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take appropriate steps to make such as education accessible to all.” (Article XIV, Section 1)

Two Types Of Education • Formal education is classroom-based, provided by trained teachers. • Informal education happens outside the classroom, in after-school programs, community-based organizations, museums, libraries, or at home. Consists of the norms and values acquired from the school environment, such as doing what you are told and acceptance of a hierarchy. Sociologists often call informal education the

Formal VS. Informal Education • You can assume that classroombased teachers have a certain level of training in educational philosophy, effective teaching strategies, classroom management, and content. After-school providers, by contrast, vary in experience and knowledge of teaching techniques, content expertise, and group management. Typically, materials for after-school settings need to include a lot more structure.

Formal VS. Informal Education • Teachers need to meet educational standards and stick to a specified curriculum, which can make it difficult for them to incorporate nontraditional content. After-school programs, on the other hand, can be more flexible with their content.

Systems Of Formal Education • Instruction refers to the intentional facilitating of learning toward identified objectives, delivered either by an instructor or other forms. • Teaching refers to the actions of a real live instructor designed to impart learning to the student. • Teaching refers to learning with a view toward preparing learners with specific knowledge, skills, or abilities that can be applied immediately upon completion.