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Nature and scope of sociology of education​

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Meaning of Sociology of Education: Sociology of education is the study of how public institutions and individual experiences affect education and its outcomes. It is most concerned with the public schooling systems of modern industrial societies, including the expansion of higher, further, adult, and continuing education. It is a philosophical as well as a sociological concept, denoting ideologies, curricula, and pedagogical techniques of the

inculcation and management of knowledge and the social reproduction of personalities and cultures.

It is concerned with the relationships, activities and reactions of the teachers and students in the classroom. It emphasizes sociological problems in the realm of education.

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SCOPE OF SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION: The scope of sociology of education is vast.

1• It is concerned with such general concepts such as society itself,

culture, community, class, environment, socialization,

internalization, accommodation, assimilation, cultural lag, sub-

culture, status, role and so forth.

2• It is further involved in cases of education and social class, state,

social force, cultural change, various problems of role structure,

role analysis in relation to the total social system and the micro

society of the school such as authority, selection, and the organization of learning, streaming, curriculum and so forth.

3• It deals with analysis of educational situations in various geographical and ethnological contexts eg. Educational situations in rural, urban and tribal areas, in different parts of the country/world, with the background of different races, cultures etc.

4• It helps us to understand the effectiveness of different educational methods in teaching students with different kinds of intelligences.

5• It studies the effect of economy upon the type of education provided to the students eg. education provided in IB, ICSE, SSC, Municipal schools.

6• It helps us to understand the effect of various social agencies like

family, school on the students.

7• It studies the relationship between social class, culture, language, parental education, occupation and the achievement of the students.

8• It studies the role and structure of school, peer group on the

personality of the students.

9• It provides an understanding of the problems such as racism,

communalism, gender discrimination etc.

10• It studies the role of schools in socialization of the students.

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