Culture has both anthropological and sociological connotations which make its one directional definition very difficult. However, there are several contextual explanations by experts to arrive at universally acceptable meaning.
Culture can be seen as that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, arts, morals, law, custom and any other capabilities or habits acquired by man as a member of the society.
Culture may take the form of literature, language or drama, sounds of music, symbols in sculpture, and art of movement in dance.
Culture is the configuration of learned behaviour and the results of behaviour whose component elements are shared and transmitted by the members of a particular society.
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Culture and education are two inseparable concepts because of their interrelation when the issue of child upbringing is brought to light. The major role of the education system is cultural production, this does not involve the transmission of the society culture as a whole instead the production of the culture of the dominant classes.
Education in school merely builds on the basis, it does not start from the scratch but assumes prior skills and prior knowledge. Cultural capital is not evenly distributed throughout the class structure and this largely accounts for class differences in educational attainment
In every education system, cultural transmission is a major aspect of learning outcome. The dominant culture is being transmitted to expose each generation of young people to the existing beliefs, norms and values of their culture.
The aim of education is solidly dependent on the culture of the society. Education viewed as the transmission of culture, is for action, for life, for living, not just something to assess an individual's total academic attainment.
Culture is not merely transmitted, it is not simply historical and related to the past, it is functional and virtually concerned with the present. It is the configuration of the total social inheritance and ways of life learnt in schools.