EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITY

School Functions
the school is simply that from of community life in which those agencies are concentrated that will be most effective in bringing the child to share the inherited resources of the race, and to use his own powers for social ends.
(John Dewey, 1980)

 School functions written by Prof. Dr. S. Nasution in his Sociology of Education : Schools prepare children for a job. Schools provide basic skills. School provides the opportunity to improve luck. Schools provide energy development. School helps break down social problems. School transmit culture. School social human form.
Is a tool to transform the school culture, and other latent functions such as children leave their place, get a mate, and so on.

SCHOOL AS A SOCIAL SYSTEM

School is an organized human society system, consists of values and rules accepted by the community for basic needs.
School system has a number of fractions or parts that have specific goals. - Example: administrative offices, classrooms, support services such as counseling units etc.

CHARACTERISTICS
School Goals
- Activity guideline - Realization of Falsafah Pendidikan Kebangsaan

School Climate
- comfort, safety and conducive - School climate aspect : physical, social and mental.

 School Culture
Culture of : knowledge, work, communication, classroom, leadership

School Functions - Community, Family, Student

Socialization and enculturation through education. Socialization - a continuing process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, behavior, and social skills appropriate to his or her social position.

 Enculturation - the process whereby individuals learn their group's culture, through experience, observation, and instruction

SCHOOL AS AGENT OF CHANGE

i) CONCEPT OF SOCIAL CHANGES Significant changes in terms of social behavior in an institution or community (not included in the small group of individuals change) Changes in the social organization of a particular group in society

ii) CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIAL CHANGES Occur without a specific plan Universal and more variable Different effect

iii) FACTOR CONTRIBUTE TOWARD SOCIAL CHANGES. Size and population composisi Human Resources Technology and material

iv) TYPE OF SOCIAL CHANGES Micro - Individual changes, behaviour, and interaction.

Macro - Change and human development for a large group of individuals.

iv) THEORY OF SOCIAL CHANGES Structure of Functionalisme Conflict