What is Sociology in

Education?
Scope of Sociology in
Education, and concepts
of Sociology.
What is sociology?

Sociology
The term SOCIOLOGY, was first used in 1780 by a French essayist named
Emmanuel Joseph.
-Sieye’s (1748-1836 in an unpublished manuscript.
-Later, the word was used by French thinker named Auguste Comte.
Sociology
 -is the scientific study of society and human behavior.

What is society?
- A society is a group of people with common territory (Area),
interactions, and culture.
Concept of Sociology

 The word sociology derived from the combination of Latin word Socius
meaning “Companion” and Greek word logos meaning “ The study”.
 So, the literally meaning of sociology is the study of companionship or social
relationship.
 It is the study of the origin, development organization and functioning of
human society.
 It is the science of fundamental laws of social behavior, relation and
institutions, etc.
 -is the study of human social relationship and institutions. Sociology’s subject
matter is diverse, turning from crime to religion, from the family to the state,
from the division of race and social class to the shared beliefs of a common
culture, and from social stability to radical change in whole societies.
What is Sociology in Education?

 Sociology of education is the study of relationship between society and

education.
 Sociology of education refers to the study of how public institutions and
individuals experiences affect education and its outcomes (Corwin,1965).
According to Marshall (1998), in sociology of education we are very much
concerned with public schooling systems of modern industrial societies
including the expansion of higher, further, adult, and continuing education.

 Sociology of education according to Emile Durkheim, Durkheim proposed that

educational reforms reflect the general cultural context and illustrate the
way in which the school attends to emerging needs that are not yet
institutionalized in political society as a whole.
The Scope of SOCIOLOGY of EDUCATION

 Mutual relations of teacher and students.

 The place of a teacher in society.
 Social problems, needs and aspirations.
 Small units of society and their interrelations.
 School and its relations with local social institutions.
 Effect of social life upon individuals and school.
 Progress of democratic feelings in school.