Sociology of Education

1. Student: Myron S. Timtim
Subject: Educ 702 –Sociology of Education
Assignment Number: 2
Please answer the following:
1. Discuss the significance of understanding culture, its elements, characteristics and
components. What is the importance of intercultural communication?
Sometimes an individual is described as a highly cultured person, meaning that
the person in question has certain features such as his/her speech, manner, and taste
for literature, music, or painting, which distinguish him from others. Culture, in this
sense, refers to certain personal characteristics of an individual. However, this is not the
sense in which the word culture is used and understood in social sciences.
Sometimes culture is used in popular discourse to refer to a celebration or an
evening of entertainment, as when one speaks of a ‘cultural show.’ In this sense, culture
is identified with aesthetics or the fine arts such as dance, music, or drama. This is also
different from the technical meaning of the word culture.
Culture is used in a special sense in anthropology and sociology. It refers to the
sum of human beings’ lifeway’s, behavior, beliefs, feelings, and thoughts; it connotes
everything acquired by them as social beings. Culture has been defined in several
ways. There is no consensus among sociologists and anthropologists regarding the
definition of culture.
2. Discuss the role of education for sustainable development.
Education for sustainable development (ESD) promotes the development of the
knowledge, skills, understanding, values and actions required creating a sustainable
world, which ensures environmental protection and conservation, promotes social equity
and encourages economic sustainability.
The goal of the Philippine strategy for sustainable development (PSSD) is to
achieve economic growth with adequate protection of the country's biological resources
and its diversity, vital ecosystem functions, and overall environmental quality. The
PSSD has for its core a number of implementing strategies.
Providing the right information and education can change people's values and
behaviors, encouraging them to adopt more sustainable lifestyles. It can also break the
cycle of poverty, malnutrition and disease that affects so many worldwide.