Education is a social institution that helps people learn and develop skills to become productive members of society. It includes both teaching and learning formal and informal experiences that bring about changes in individuals and reflect the cultural values of a people. A person's socioeconomic status, which is influenced by their education level, income, and occupation, also impacts their attitudes towards school and educational attainment. Schools play a role in allocating social status by providing contexts for individuals to demonstrate abilities and directing people into occupations or classes.

2. * The process by which people acquire knowledge, skills, habits, values or
attitudes.
*It is also used to describe the results of the educational process.
*It should help people become useful members of society and help them
develop an appreciation of their cultural heritage and live more satisfying
lives.
*It is both LEARNING and TEACHING.
The World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. 6 © 1986 USA. p. 56.

3. *
*It is a social institution.
*It includes all the experiences from which one learns and which bring
about changes in him.
*It is a mirror of ourselves as a people.
Psychological, Anthropological and Sociological Foundations of Education
(Foundations of Education 1). Revised Edition II. © 1996. Katha Publishing
Co., Inc.

4.  Widely known as Socioeconomic status, it is often
measured as a combination of education, income, and
occupation.
 It is commonly conceptualized as the social standing
or class of an individual or group.
 It is commonly conceptualized as the social standing
or class of an individual or group.

5. http://www.apa.org/pi/ses/ resources/publications/fact-sheet-references.aspx.
Through a social class lens, is:

7. The Economic
Order
and
Education

8. Includes the wealthy
persons with
substantial property
and investments.

9. Includes the
professionals, managers, and small
business owners (upper middle), as well as
technical workers, technicians, sales
personnel, and clerical workers (lower
middle class)

10. including skilled craft workers
including unskilled manual workers

11. Generally resembles the lower working
class, but many of its members are the
third or fourth generation to live in
poverty and depend on public assistance
to sustain a relatively meager existence.

13.  Researches undertaken in the US seem to
indicate the following (COLE 1971: 128-132)
1. The social and Economic status of the
family affects the child’s attitudes toward
school work.
2. The child coming from a lower class
background has less exposure to the
influence of mass media.

14.  Researches undertaken in the US seem to
indicate the following (COLE 1971: 128-132)
3. In most cases, the educational attainment
of the child matches the socioeconomic
attainment of his family.

17.  Education, especially one earned inside the SCHOOL
(small community/society), is beneficial to the society.
 Society, which is the “bigger school”, can help in the
development of the education of the people.

18. Van Scotter 1979:124
With the rise of mass education the school functions as
an integral part of the process of status allocation in
four ways:
(1)By providing a context in which the individual can
demonstrate his abilities;
(2) by channelling individuals into parts that lead in
the direction of different occupations or class
occupations;
(3) by providing the particular skills needed to fulfill
the requirements of various positions; and finally
(4) by transferring to the individual the differential
prestige of the school itself.

19.  Psychological, Anthropological, and Social Foundations of
Education (Foundation of Education 1). Revised Edition II.
Alicia Bustos, Ed. D. & Socorro C. Espiritu, Ph. D. ©1996.
Katha Publishing Co., Inc. pp. 99-101
 The World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. 6 © 1986 USA. p. 56.
 http://www.apa.org/pi/ses/ resources/publications/fact-
sheet-references.aspx.
 Foundation of Education. Ornstein, Levin, Gutch. Pp. 319-
333
 Foundations of Meaningful Educational Assessment. Pp.
57-60