- Education both shapes and is shaped by society. It both preserves existing social structures but can also help drive social change, especially when aimed at disadvantaged groups. - While education typically reflects the existing social order, reformers argue it should aim to transform society by promoting values of equality, cooperation, and social progress. - Multiple factors influence the relationship between education and social change, including political systems, economic conditions, urbanization, and access to education across all segments of society. Education alone is not sufficient to create social change but is an important tool when combined with other reforms.

1. Role of Education in
Relation to Social Change

2. John Dewey
• Education is a
social process;
education is
growth; education
is not a
preparation for life
but is life itself.

4. Role of Education in Relation to
Social Change
More than a century ago, Emile
Durkheim rejected the idea that education
could be the force to transform society
and resolve social ills. Instead, Durkheim
concluded that education “can be
reformed only if society itself is
reformed.”

5. • He argued that education “is only the
image and reflection of society. It
imitates and reproduces the latter…it
does not create it” (Durkheim).
• People change their old pattern and
behaviour by social process. People
get knowledge for the social
adjustment.

6. • According to Marx and Friedrich Engels
education should be for the transformation of
society, the abolition(end) of capitalist
society, the movement towards socialism and
the nurturing of communism.
• In this sense, ‘education for social change’ is
thoroughly anti-capitalist education, infused
with the values of equality, co-operation and
social progress.

7. Ellwood Cubberley
• “We should give up the
exceedingly democratic
idea that all are equal and
that our society is devoid
of classes. The employee
tends to remain an
employee; the wage
earner tends to remain a
wage earner…One bright
child may easily be worth
more to the National Life
than thousands of those of
low mentality.”

8. -Pedagogical Progressives:
-Sought restructuring of education and
instruction;
Seeks to bring all citizens into the governing
and decision-making process. As such
pedagogical progressivism can be
characterized by the following four tenets:
-it rejects the classical curriculum in favor of a
varied, undetermined curriculum that is based
on the needs and interests of students;
learning is based on activities rather than
rote;

9. - schooling should reflect changing social
conditions;
- the primary aim of education is to help
alleviate social problems.
- John Dewey is the most vocal, well-
known advocate of this type of
education. His nature of the child is
similar to Rousseau: children are
naturally constructive, they are active
socially, creative and curious – all of
which drives education.

10. Relationship between the
educational institute and Society
• Preservation of culture: School provides cultural
identity to the student, so that they feel proud of
their own culture and their will be lesser chance
of blind imitation of another culture.
• Transmission of culture: As there are various
students with various cultural backgrounds, there
is greater chance of cultural diffusion and
transmission.

11. Education & Society

12. • Creation of knowledge: - The direct aim of the
educational institute is to impart knowledge to the
students, It returns knowledgeable and skilled
members to the society.
• Socialization of the young: - School is the second
step for the socialization of the young, it teaches
the various aspects of life.
• Means of social Control: In school, students learn
own norms, value, culture, law, ethics which are
the means of social control. The educated people
are more likely to follow social compliance.

13. Importance of Education for Social
Change
• Democracy is the platform where the social
changes flourish; education is the main
precursor of the democracy.
• Education helps bring the readiness among
the social member for change. Educated
people are more flexible for change as
compared to uneducated people.

14. • One of the Indian scholars has said that
an educated father can change himself
only but an educated mother can change
her whole family.
• Education of the backward and
marginalized population helps them to
come out from their world of superstition
and their outlook will be broadened.

15. • Education at any level (primary,
secondary, university) at any form
(formal, non-formal, informal) can
change the society.
• The schools and colleges help to change
the society without damaging the cultural
heritage of mankind both material and
non material.

16. • Education is not obtained only
through school; it can be obtained
through movies, the radio, television,
theatre etc.
• Such media exerts pressure to bring
about change in society.

17. Political, social, and economic factors shaping
educational systems and social change

18. • We have eyes for general vision given by
nature but vision for knowledge and
wisdom is obtained only through
education.
• It broadens the horizon of individual
thinking and perception, so education
help to maintain justice and moral up-
liftment.

19. • Students are the vehicle for the social
change, while educating a child we
indirectly educate his/her family,
his/her peers, his/her community too.
• The teachers are also significant
change agent in society, teacher can
stand as a role model for social
change.

20. • Some great teachers who have
worked a lot for social change are:
Montessori, Froebal, Dayananda,
Rousseau, Gandhi, Tagore, Abdul
Kayam etc.
• If there is equal opportunity for the
attainment of education, it can bring
the social change.

21. • Education focused for the disadvantaged
(girls, dalit, poor, disabled, ethnic minor,
and language minor) can bring the social
change.
• Special education for the social delinquent
can bring social reform.
• Education is needed for the national integration.
• Education is required for the international
understanding.

22. Conclusion
–Education takes place in society.
–Education is essentially a social process.
–Social environment educate the child.
–Education has special role to play for social
reform.
–Education is a lifelong process.
–Education is formal, non formal and
informal.

23. – Besides school, there are many educational institutions.
– Economic and political factors of society play a
dominant role in educational reforms.
– Education must be social in nature and develop
democratic skills and values in students
– Social change together with educational aspect is
influenced by urbanization, industrialization,
population growth, and religion, political and
economic factors.

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