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Utilizing Concepts for Equality in Education

   

Added on  2023-01-18

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Introduction.
The paper discusses on how to utilize the concepts of cultural transmission, enculturation,
economic inequality, social stratification, and functionalism and conflict theory to ensure
equality of education to all students and teachers roles in the classroom. Therefore, the
discussion will elaborate on how the concepts learned in class helps in creating a better society.
How teacher could build a better society
Teachers have been identified as the key factors which help in building a better society. For
example, participates on the cultural transmission that helps in ensuring equality in the classroom
and in society in different ways (Freire, 2018). Basically, education involves the process by
which cultural heritage is entirely transmitted from one group to the other. This forms the room
for teachers to teach on issues related to social stratification. The school curriculum has some
concepts which can be easily understood with the help of culture. Most of the subjects such as
religious course uses cultural values to transmit education to students and also to the whole
society. Cultural value acts as tools for communication that helping in teaching subjects such as
English in school. In addition, society needs to teach students and teachers on those values which
aid in learning cultural skills. For example on agricultural sciences which depends on cultural
values.
Teachers are the subject of the learning process while the students in the school are the mere
objects of learning. He also said that teachers talk on various concepts while the students listen
and apply what they have obtained from the teachers.
Therefore education as a practice of freedom guides the society on what to do. In school teachers
are in the position to teach on how to reduce cultural differences and how to instill the concept of

functionalism (Freire, 2018). The incorporation of teachers to education-related concepts helps in
banking appropriate knowledge to students thus solving societal challenges.
Why we need public school.
Public schools are associated with a number of benefits which makes them important in society.
Some of the benefits include;
Teachers in public schools have more qualifications thus in position to teach students well (Stein,
2015).
Students in public schools can spend more time learning the core subjects.
Public schools are able to sponsor a lot of activities such as extra-curricular sports and clubs.
Population in public school is diverse thus allow students to interact with different groups’ thus
cultural transmission.
Role of being teacher in public school
The other aspect which promotes educational support from the teachers is through goals of
public schooling. Educational goals are the key factors which helped to bind society as one party.
Basically, public schools were established to serve the individual desires and to serve the whole
public (Spring ,2010).Teachers in public schools find apt mechanisms that will aid in promoting
better education through the use of instructions. Educational goals are therefore subdivided into
social goals, economic goals, and political goals. Teachers use political goals to instill aspect of
patriotism in the society thus helping in reducing cultural differences that may arise within the
society. Also, teachers emphasize on social goals which help in reducing the cultural differences.
In addition, public schooling may help in identifying the democratic leadership within the

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