Education is a social process that prepares individuals for life and shapes society, according to the document. It ensures the continuity of a society by imparting knowledge, skills, values, and behaviors to new generations. As society changes, the education system also becomes more complex to help members adapt. The document discusses how education occurs within a social context and is influenced by the surrounding society. It also notes that education involves social interaction and goes beyond simple instruction by socializing people into their roles in a deliberate way.

1. Education is a social process
Dr.M.Deivam
Assistant Professor
Department of Education
The Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed to be University)
Gandhigram, Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu – 624 302

2. Education and Socialization
• Education is a social process, which prepares
individuals to lead a meaningful and dignified
life.
• Together with other social forces it plays an
important role in shaping the structure of
society.
• Education society imparts its knowledge, skill,
values and behavioural patterns to its
younger generations.

3. Cont.,
• Thereby ensuring self preservation and
continuity. In this sense education is a process
of socialization.
• At the same time changes in society mould
the education system itself and it acquires
complexity.
• Education in this sense is a process, which
prepares the members of the society to adapt
to the constantly changing conditions of a
society.

4. Cont.,
• Two important statements emerge from the
above discussion: Education and Socialization
a) Education is a social process, and
b) Education is a process of socialization

5. Education is a social process
• i) Education occurs in a society and therefore
influenced by the society in which it takes
place.
• ii) The social atmosphere itself educates.
• iii) School is one of the important social
institutions that educate. Its role is influenced
by that of others.
• iv) Education has a social role and is involved
in moulding the future society.

6. Education is a process of socialization
To say that education is a process of socialization
implies:
i) Education takes place through social
interaction.
ii) It is much more than mere instruction.
iii) People receive a certain degree of education
even if they never enter a school.
iv) Formal education is socialization with a
deliberate purpose and in a desired direction.

7. Cont.,
• Here it is worth mentioning that all learning is
not socialization because some of what one
learns may not be relevant for participation in
given social role.
• For example learning to take drugs or smoke
cigarette may be against the norms of
participation in the given social roles among
certain social groups.

8. Thank You