SOCI

OLOGYOFEDUCATI
ON

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 Mai
nAr
easofSt
udy
Overviewofsoci ol
ogyofeducation
Thestructureofsociet
y
Social
izati
on
Educationandgender
Schoolasasoci alorgani
sation
Factorsthatdetermineacademicperf
ormance
•S choolandhomebased
Deviantbehaviourinschools

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ember
2019 2
SOCI
OLOGYOFEDUCATI
ONOVERVI
EW

Out
li
ne
Definit
ionofsoci ol
ogy
Definit
ionofsoci ol
ogyofeducat i
on
Si
gnificanceofsoci ol
ogyofeducat i
on
Methodologiesofsociol
ogyofeducat ion
Soci
ologicaltheori
es
•Functi
onal i
sm;Conf l
ict;I
nter
preti
vism
•Sociol
ogicalperspectivesinschooland
education

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assNot
es G.
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wa 24Nov
ember
2019 3
 Defini
ti
onofSoci
ology
Soci
ologyi
sthesyst
emati
cst
udyofhumanbehavi
our
i
ngroups(Hess,
Markson&Stei
n,1990)

Thetermlit
eral
l
ymeanssci enceofsoci
ety
I
tisconcernedwit
hsocial
relati
onshi
ps
I
tisthestudyofsoci
ety

Sociol
ogyisasoci alsci
encei
ncl
udi
ng;
• Psychology
• Anthropol
ogy
• Poli
ti
calscience
• Demogr aphyetc

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assNot
es G.
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ember
2019 4
Soci
ology cont
’
Wear ecuriousaboutourownbehav
iourand
behaviourofother
s.

Exampl
es
1. Whydoweactaswedo?
2. Howarewethesameasot
her
s?
3. Howarewedif
fer
ent
?

Quest
ions
1. Whydopeoplecommi tsui
cide?
2. Whyaresomeeducatedpeopl efindi
tdi
fficul
tto
marr
y?
3. Whyarether
efewfemaledrivers?

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assNot
es G.
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wa 24Nov
ember
2019 5
 FOUNDERSOFSOCI
OLOGY
AUGUSTECOMTE(
1798-
1857)

HewasaFr enchPhi losopher

Hewasconsi deredast hefat
herofsoci
ology
Bel
ievedsociet ycanbest udi
edinthesameway
asthenat ur
alwor ld
Hebelievedsoci et
ycanbest udiedsci
enti
ficall
y
usi
ngsci ent
ificpr ocedures
Hecalledsoci ol
ogy–soci alphysi
cs

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assNot
es G.
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wa 24Nov
ember
2019 6
 EMI
LEDURKHEI
M(1858-
1917)
Hewasoneoft hepioneersint
hedevelopmentof
modernsoci
ology
Hedi
scussedsocialfact
stoexisti
ndependentof
i
ndi
vidual
choicesandactions

Example
Lookedatsui
cidef
rom asoci
alper
spect
ive

Bel
i
evedi
ndi
vi
dual
sdon’
tcausesui
cide

Arguedsui
cideisasoci
alf
actt
hatsomemembers
ofsoci
etypart
ici
pat
e,i
nvari
oussoci
alr
easons

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assNot
es G.
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wa 24Nov
ember
2019 7
 KARLMAX(
1858-
1917)
Hei nfl
uencedt hedevelopmentofsociologyasan
academi cdiscipl
ine
Hest udiedEconomi cs,Phil
osophyandEvol ut
ion
Hewasconcer nedwi thpowerstruggl
est hat
existedinsocietybetweenpoormassesandt he
ri
ch.
Maxbel i
evedthepoormassesar eexploit
edby
thefewweal thyelit
e
Hence, devel
opedaconf l
ictt
heory

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assNot
es G.
B.Msuk
wa 24Nov
ember
2019 8
 MAXWEBER(
1864-
1920)
I
nfl
uencedint
hedevelopmentofsoci
ology
Hestudi
edeconomicsandrel
igi
on
Hesupport
edideasofKar
l

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assNot
es G.
B.Msuk
wa 24Nov
ember
2019 9
 Ot
her
sSoci
ologi
sts
Rev.Mart
inLutherKi
ng
W.E.BDuBois
Michel
eObama

St
udyLevel
s
BA,MA&PhD

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assNot
es G.
B.Msuk
wa 24Nov
ember
2019 10
 SOCI
OLOGYOFEDUCATI
ON
DEFI
NITI
ON
Soci
ologyofeducat
ioni
sthestudyoft
her
elat
ions
bet
weeneducationandsoci
ety

Itdeal
swithsoci
ologi
calpr
ocessesi
nvol
vedi
nan
educati
onali
nsti
tut
ion

Soci
ologyofeducati
onemphasi
sessociol
ogi
calaspect
s
ofeducat
ionalphenomenaandi
nsti
tut
ion

Problemsencount
eredar
eregardedaspr
oblemsof
societynotpr
obl
emsofeducati
onalpr
act
ice

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assNot
es G.
B.Msuk
wa 24Nov
ember
2019 11
SI
GNI
FICANCEOFSOCI
OLOGYOFEDUCATI
ON

Hel
psi
nunder
standi
ng.
..
..
.

1. Workofschoolt
eacher
sandit
srel
ati
ont
osoci
ety
,
soci
alpr
ogressanddevel
opment
.

2. Eff
ectofsoci
alel
ement
sont
hewor
kingofschool
andsociet
y.

3. Ef
fectofsoci
alel
ement
sont
hel
i
feofi
ndi
vi
dual
s.

4. Const
ruct
ionofcurr
icul
um i
nrel
ati
ont
ocul
tur
al
andeconomicneedsofthesoci
ety
.

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assNot
es G.
B.Msuk
wa 24Nov
ember
2019 12
SI
GNI
FICANCEOFSOCI
OLOGYOFEDUCATI
ON cont
’

Hel
psi
nunder
standi
ng.
..
..
.

5. Democr
ati
cideol
ogi
espr
esenti
ndi
fficul
tcount
ri
es

6. Needf
orunder
standi
ngandpr
omot
ingi
nter
nat
ional
cul
tur
e.

7. Dev el
opmentofsoci
etythr
oughthefor
mulat
ionofvar
ious
rulesandregul
ati
onsandunder
standi
ngofcult
ureand
t
r adit
ions.

8. Needf
orpr
omot
ionofsoci
aladj
ust
ment
.

9. Theeff
ectofsoci
algroups,
thei
rint
err
elat
ionsand
dynami
csonindivi
duals.

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assNot
es G.
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wa 24Nov
ember
2019 13
 METHODOLOGI
ESOFSOCI
OLOGYOFEDUCATI
ON
Ther
ear
efourmai
nmet
hods

1. Fi
el
dme
thods
e.
g.-par
ticipantobser
vat
ion
-
int
erviews

2. Exper
ime
nts
• Tak
enot eofet
hical
issue
s
-consent
-confidenti
ali
ty

3. Sur
veys
-questionnair
e
-i
nterviews
e.g.-relat
ionshi
psamongst
udent
sinco-
educat
ion

4. Anal
ysi
sofexi
sti
ngdocument
sandst
ati
sti
cs
e.
g.-s
tat
ist
icsoft
eenagepr
egnanci
esi
nsecschool
s

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assNot
es G.
B.Msuk
wa 24Nov
ember
2019 14
 Concl
usi
on
Sociol
ogyi
nvol
vest
hest
udyofhumanbehavi
ouri
n
groups.

Sociol
ogyofeducat
ioni
nvolv
esstudyi
ng
rel
ati
onshi
psbetweeneducati
onandsoci
ety.

Signi
ficanceofsociologyofeducati
onist
hati
t
helpsi
nunderstandingeducati
onissuesi
nrel
ati
on
tosoci
ety.

Methodologi
esofsociol
ogyofeducat
ioni
ncl
ude;
fiel
dmet hods,sur
veysanddocumentanal
ysi
s.

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assNot
es G.
B.Msuk
wa 24Nov
ember
2019 15
TheEnd

Thankyou

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assNot
es G.
B.Msuk
wa 24Nov
ember
2019 16