The Teacher and

Community School
Culture &
Organizational
Leadership
 Society as
Foundation of
Schools and
Schooling
Sociology
• from the combination of Latin word "SOCITIES" - meaning society and
the Greek word "LOGOS" - meaning study or science.

• Study of Society

• The term Sociology was first coined by Auguste Comte, a French

philosopher, in 1839 and called the "Father of Sociology"
Sociologist
• People that are actually more into determining
possible outcomes of actions, how things work, how
policies affect others, and more that bring about new
perspectives and innovations which are very essential
in education.
Education
• indispensable to individual and society. The process
of education takes place in every society.

• 2 common functions
- to socialize the members of society
-to transmit the culture to the next generation
Theoretical Perspective
in the Sociology of
Education
•
Structural Functionalism
Émile Durkheim
- society as a complex whole composed of
groups working together to achieve stability.
Conflict Theory
- society is composed of groups that compete for
limited resources.

- Karl Marx

- Class Conflict Theory’- inequality between two

classes under capitalism

- Racial Conflict
-
 Symbolic Interactionism
•
Max Weber
- Society is composed of people interacting through the
use of symbols.
 Sociology of
Education:
Contemporary
Theories
Cultural Capital
• The skills, knowledge, associated with the dominant culture.

• Pierre Bourdieu

Social Capital
• A group of people to work together effectively to achieve a
common purpose or goal

• James S. Coleman
Code Theory
• a direct relationship between societal class and language.

• Basil Bernstein

Feminist Theory
• women's social and economic roles imposed by a patriarchal
society. The marginalization of women and urged them to
try to overcome gender-based social inequities.

• Harriet Martineau
 The Influence of
Society to Education
Process
 Sociocultural
•  The
Influence
process of education evolves along with social
structures, social norms and values systems. In this process of
education and socialization, we also transmit the biases and
differences of our society such as hierarchy, stratification and
inherent inequality.
 Economic Aspects
•  Economy of society is an important factor which has deep
rooted implications on educational development and human
development in any region. Karl Marx considered economy
the basic structure for getting power and dominance in
society.
 Political Conditions
•   The nature of state, political parties, its ideology and policy
directly impacts the nature of education system and its
policy. Democratic states profess ideals of democratic
educational development; however, inherent inequality is the
weakness of these states.