1. Nature and
Foundation of
Culture
Prepared by: Juvy Joson- Torio
MAEd-THE

3. What is Culture?
• Culture is
the way of
life of a
group of
people.

4. • is a bond that ties the people of a region or community
together.
• includes the traditions we inherit and pass on to the next
generation.
• refers to the pattern of human activity and symbols that give
significance to these activities.

5. B Behavior
B Beliefs
V Values
that makes the totality of man
-
and man way of being a
human.

6. Elements of Culture
• Language
• Shelter
• Clothing
• Economy
• Religion
• Education
• Values
• Climate
• Government/Laws
• Recreation/Entertainment

7. Education
-the development of the mind and character
through study and training

8. Language
- spoken or written words; human speech

9. Shelter
- something that protects from the weather or
from danger.

10. Clothing
-things worn to
cover the body

11. Economy
- the way
that money
and goods
are used by
people

12. Religion
-a system of beliefs that goes beyond human
powers

13. Values
- ideals or beliefs that guide the
way people live

14. Climate
- the usual weather that a
place has

15. Government/Laws
- rules made and enforced by the
government of a country
-

16. Entertainment/Recreation
-something that is done for fun or
relaxation

17. Characteristics of
Culture
Shared Group
product
Learned
and compulsory
CULTURE
taught
Commulative diverse
dynamic

18. Culture is learned
• People are born with
basic needs – needs
that create and shape
behavior – but how
they go about meeting
those needs and
developing behaviors
to cope with them is
learned.

19. Culture is Shared
• If a culture is to endure, it
must make certain that its
crucial messages and
elements are not only
shared, but they also must
be passed on to future
generations.
• Any break in the learning
chain would lead to a
culture's disappearance.

20. Culture is Dynamic
• Cultures do not
exist in a vacuum;
because of "other
waters continually
flowing in," they are
subject to change.

21. Culture is an Integrated System
• Culture "is composed of
parts that are related to
each other" and
function as an
integrated whole.
• All aspects of culture
must be reasonably
well integrated in order
to function properly.

22. Culture is an Compulsory
- Culture composed of existing law
that you must to do it or accept it.
- Example are Woman
and Child Abuse Law

23. Culture is an Comulative
- they learned cultural knowledge
in previous generation
- Ex. Mathematical
insights from Achimedes
and Phytagoras.

24. Culture is Diverse
- different from each other.
- We did not follow
some belief or we
diffuse or neglect some
beliefs.

25. Development of Culture
1. Innovation
• discovery and invention
2. Diffussion
• process of spreading the culture everywhere

26. Material and Non Material Culture
• Material culture
 culture reflects a society’s values and a society’s technology,
the knowledge that people apply to the task of living in their
surroundings.
 Examples include books, buildings, physical objects that
future generations can use to try and understand us.
•Non Material Culture
 reflects beliefs, values, concepts, customs
 Examples include Beliefs, values, Religions,
ethics and philosophies

27. Types of Cultures
● High culture
 refers to cultural patterns that distinguish a society’s
elite.
● Popular culture
 designates cultural patterns that are
widespread among a society’s
population.

28. ● Subcultures
 are cultural patterns that distinguish some segment of
a society’s population. They involve not only difference
but also hierarchy.
•Countercultures
 refers to cultural patterns that strongly oppose those
widely accepted within a society. Countercultures
reject many of the standards of a dominant culture.

29. •Virtual Culture
Today’s children are bombarded with virtual
culture, images that spring from the minds of
contemporary culture-makers and that reach
them via a screen. Some of these cultural icons
embody values that shape our way of life. But
few of them have any historical reality and
almost all have come into being to make money.

30. A people without the
knowledge of their past
history, origin and culture
is like a tree without roots.
Marcus Garvey

31. Thank you and God
bless us all…