introduction to sociology of education

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Introduction to Sociology of

Education


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Sociology

What is Sociology?

What is Education?


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Sociology Vs Psychology


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Relationship betweensociology and education?


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What science do

with sociology??

To explain why something happenTo make generalization: broader group or

situation

Look at patterns, recurring characteristics

and eventsPredict: future


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January 1798-September 1857

French

philosopher

Sociologys

daddy

Montpellier,South France

Positivism

Science of sociology should be based on

systematic observations and classification,the same principles that governed the

study of the natural sciences.


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Evolution=Darwin

Englishphilosopher

April 1820December 1903

Social evolution

There exist a gradual evolution of society from the

primitive to the industrial.


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May 1818March1883

May 1818March1883

Germanyphilosopher/revolution

ary socialist

Anticapitalist

All societies are made up of two basic classes that arein constant opposition those who own or control the

means of production and those who do not.


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April 1858 November 1917

Functionalism

French sociologist

Suicide

Societies were bound together by the commonlyshared beliefs and values of their members.


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sociologists should be value free, never allowingpersonal biases to influence either their research or

their conclusions

Germansociologist

April 1864 June1920


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In 1883, Lester Ward, an American, publishedDynamic SociologyIn this work he advocated social progress throughsocial action guided by sociologists

American

June 1841 April1913


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PARTICIPANTOBSERVATION

SURVEYS

SECONDANALYSIS

CONTROLLEDLABORATORY

STUDIES

CASE STUDIES


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PARTICIPANTOBSERVATION

One commonway to collect

data

The goal is togain a deep

understanding

Usuallysome sort ofsubculture

group

Researcherusuallylives withinthe group


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- Are very common in medical research andpsychology research

-to used this research method, it need twogroups such as:

@experiment group

@control group


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- most commonly used tool in sociologicalresearch

- this research method can be used whether in

form:

questionnaire interviewTelephone

poll


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Is the use of data that collected by someone elsefor some other purpose.

When using a secondary data in an analysis ,

some important thing that must be donebeforehand.

Such as become familiar with the data set..


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Sense in which virtually every activity that we

associate with sociology


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MAJOR THEORETICAL

PERSPECTIVES IN

SOCIOLOGY...


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Introduced by Emile Durkheim (1858-1917).

The various parts of society are

interdependent and functionally related toeach other.

These parts include groups, organizationsand institutions of society : family, religion,education, politics, economics and health.


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All parts complement each other, and theassumption is that a smooth-running, stablesystem is well integrated.

Functionalist see change in systems ashelping the system continually adapt to newcircumstances.

Change is seen as a slow, deliberate and planned processthat does not upset the balance of the system.


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Functional research concerns about thestructure and functioning of the organizations.

But, functionalism has several problems.

I. Fails to recognize divergentinterests, ideologies and

conflicting group values.

II. Difficulty of analyzinginteractions.

III. Built-in assumption in

functional theory regardingchange.


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Groups in society are always competing witheach other in order to achieve their goals.

Havens and have-nots

Assumes a tension in society and its partscreated by the competing interests ofindividuals and groups.


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Bourgeois - the wealthy,

powerful people who own thefactories, the farmland, and justabout everything else.

Proletariat - the people who dont ownmuch and are forced to work for the

bourgeois to feed their families.

C fli t


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Social system are unstable due to this power

conflict and are likely to change rapidly.

Conflict


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1) Focuses on individuals in interaction with each other ( micro-level).

2) Those with the same culture interpret and define social situations

similarly thus creating norm.

Labeling

theory

Rational choice

theory


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