UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY, gain useful skills for daily life and
AND POLITICS work.
Example:
EDUCATION
1. Computer skills training
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and
2. Workshop on modern farming
Cultural Organization (UNESCO’s) Definition of
techniques
Education: Education that is designed to develop
3. Korean language classes
learners’ general knowledge, skills and
competencies and literacy and numeracy skills,
3. Informal Education – is a general term for
often to prepare students for more advanced
education that can occur outside of a
educational programs at the same or higher
structured curriculum.
ISCED or International Standard Classification of
Education.
• Informal Education happens
• UNESCO say that EDUCATION is a basic naturally in daily life without a set
right that helps people learn and grow. curriculum or teacher,
• It’s not just about going to school but also
about learning important skills for life. Example
• Everyone should have a chance to learn, 1. A child learning to cook by watching their
no matter who they are. parents
2. A person improving their English by
Education helps people improve their lives and watching movies.
make the world better. 3. Someone learning how to fix a bike by
------------------------------------------------------------- trying themselves or asking a friend for
help.
Education is a purposeful activity directed at
achieving certain aims, such as transmitting
knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATION
1. To produce productive citizens
2. To develop self-actualization
TYPES OF EDUCATION
1. Formal Education – refers to structured
education system.
• Formal Education happens in
schools or universities with
structured lesson, teachers, and
official certificates or diplomas.
2. Non-formal Education - refers to
education that occurs outside formal school
system.
• Non - Formal Education happens
when a person is learning outside of
a traditional school but still following
an organized program.
• Non – Formal Education is planned
and structured but doesn’t always
lead to a diploma. It helps people