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Theoretical Perspective of Education

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"d39b46b3f7ef22b4a3a221038394de7c" data-index&equals;"1" style&equals;"float&colon; left&semi; margin&colon; 10px 10px 10px 0&semi;">&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- Sociology Learners 336 X 280 Post Top --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;inline-block&semi;width&colon;336px&semi;height&colon;280px" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-7649183549375766" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1656902389"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine;&lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">There are theories which provide the basis and foundation for all forms of educational activities&comma; and there are several theories exist&period; Well&comma; every individual perceive the philosophy related to education in context of their own paradigm&comma; as theory of education must be something that is conglomeration of ideas which are ever-changing&period; It has been realized that some of the guiding principles are attributed directly to well-established theories&period; There are several theories like constructivist&comma; conflict&comma; functionalisms&comma; symbolic&comma; cognitive and many others &lpar;Rahmat&comma; 2017&rpar;&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Constructivism is a paradigm&comma; possess the worldview that learning is the constructive and active process&period; And a learner is the information constructor&period; Individuals actively indulge in creating or constructing their personal subjective representations related to objective reality&period; Different and new information is associated with the prior knowledge&comma; hence mental representations are considered as subjective &lpar;Battey&comma; Kafai&comma; Nixon&comma; and Kao&comma; 2007&rpar;&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">As researchers believed that professors or teachers should act as a guide or instructor for the students&comma; assisting and helping them in the entire learning process for creating their lives meaningful&period; The advantages of the constructivism theory for learners and teachers&comma; in the ideal setting&comma; it include paying attention on students and giving them opportunity and time for investigating and work on some big ideas&period; It is necessary to help them in understanding the skills and concepts&comma; instead of regurgitating and memorizing ideas or facts&period; Constructivism helps in engaging the students in natural curiosities which help them in finding answers for the questions&period; Intrinsic motivational level would be expected and students must be given freedom for selecting their course of learning&period; The biggest challenge associated with this theory is that world where teachers and students interact&comma; is not &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;utopian”&period; Students come in class with personal needs and easily distract from the classroom experience&period; Many students are not willing to interact with peers because of emotional issues &lpar;Rahmat&comma; 2017&rpar;&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">However&comma; functionalism theory suggest that education is a serving force of multiple functions in society&comma; which include&comma; &lpar;a&rpar; social integration&comma; &lpar;b&rpar; socialization&comma; &lpar;c&rpar; cultural and social innovation and &lpar;d&rpar;&comma; social placement&period; Latent functions involve child care&comma; reducing unemployment rate and developing peer relationships by keeping student force high than labor force&period; Issues in the educational institutions could harm society &lpar;Ansalone&comma; 2010&rpar;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The functional theory emphasis on the fulfilment if society needs through education&period; Perhaps&comma; socialization&period; If children will be able to learn values&comma; skills&comma; and norms required to functioning in the society&comma; then the education is primary instrument for learning&period; Three Rs taught by school&semi; rithmetic&comma; reading and riting&period; Apart from this schools also teach values and norms&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Second function is social integration&period; For working society&comma; according to functionalist&comma; individual should subscribe to the common set of values and beliefs&period; Development of these common goals of free system&comma; mandatory education which developed in 19th century &lpar;Chetty&comma; Friedman&comma; Hilger&comma; Saez&comma; Schanzenbach&comma; and Yagan&comma; 2011&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Third function is social placement&comma; which begins from grade one&comma; students identified by schools and teachers either as the motivated and bright and also educationally challenged&period; This depends on how students are taught at level which suits them &lpar;Ansalone&comma; 2010&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">The fourth function is cultural and social innovation&period; Students need to be taught as being creative rather than following the rote learner’s path &lpar;Ansalone&comma; 2010&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">The conflict theory consider the education objective as maintaining the social inequality in society and also preserving power off dominating ones in the society&period; The conflict theorist always examine same functions related to education as functionalist do&period; Functionalist view education as the advantageous contribution in ordered society&comma; whereas&comma; conflict theorist consider educational system as the perpetuating status quo through dulling lower classes in being obedient workforce &lpar;Brayboy&comma; 2005&rpar;&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">In conflict theory&comma; educational system is being practiced but objections arises in its sorting and curriculum&period; Conflict theorist argued that schools are sorted along with the ethnic lines and distinct classes&period; Schools train students in working classes for accepting the lower-class position in the society&period; This is considered as hidden curriculum&period; They point out in the factors that needs for defending the position&period; Conflict theory view education not as beneficial factor for the society&comma; but as the factor for maintaining and raising the power and dominance in the society&comma; and develop the docile workforce for the capitalism &lpar;Brayboy&comma; 2005&rpar;&period; &NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 align&equals;"justify">References<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"left">Ansalone&comma; G&period;&comma; 2010&period; Tracking&colon; Educational differentiation or defective strategy&period; Educational Research Quarterly&comma; 34&lpar;2&rpar;&comma; p&period;3&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Battey&comma; 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A&period;&comma; 2017&period; Clustering in Education&period; European Research Studies&comma; 20&lpar;3A&rpar;&comma; p&period;311&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&NewLine;<&excl;--CusAds0-->&NewLine;<div style&equals;"font-size&colon; 0px&semi; height&colon; 0px&semi; line-height&colon; 0px&semi; margin&colon; 0&semi; padding&colon; 0&semi; clear&colon; both&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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