Meaning and scope of educational sociology

Meaning and scope of educational sociology

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  MEANING & SCOPEOF EDUCATIONAL SOCIOLOGY Dr. Shrutidhara Mahanta Assistant professor in Education. Directorate of Open and Distance Learning, Dibrugarh University.
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  SOCIETY  Derived fromthe Latin word societus  Societus derived from the word socius, used to describe a bond or interaction between parties that are friendly, or at least civil.  Society Structure Family, institutions, customs, traditions, values, beliefs, ideals, superstitions Process Constant Interactions ..
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   What issociety: A group of people who share a common culture, occupy a particular territorial area, and feel themselves to constitute a unified and distinct entity.  Characteristics: • Society consists of people • It ensures mutual interaction and awareness • It depends on likeness as well as differences • Division of labour and cooperation are essential • Society is dynamic • It has its own control system • It has its own culture
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  SOCIOLOGY  August Comte,a French philosopher , 1837 coined the word.  Application of Scientific method in the study of the relationship between society and the individual.  Sociology explains , studies, analyses the mutual interaction/relationships between the individuals and the society,
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   Humans areborn in the society and live in the society; different types of social influences fall upon them.  Both the humans and the society react upon each other and have mutual interactions.  These interactions are important topic of study in the domain of Education  The social significance of Education is studied by Educational sociology.  Education and Sociology- both are related to the society, the social activity and the welfare of the society.  They are interrelated and Interdependent
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  MEANING AND NATUREOF EDUCATIONAL SOCIOLOGY  Educational sociology is a branch of sociology which studies the issues related to the relationship between society and education.  It is the application of sociological principles and methods to the solution of problems in an educational system  It analyses the institutions and organizations of Education and studies the functional relationship between education, on one hand and other components of the society like the economy, polity, religion and kinship, on the other hand.
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  MEANING AND NATUREOF EDUCATIONAL SOCIOLOGY  It evolved as a discipline to prepare educators for their future tasks.  It uses the results of sociological researches in planning educational activities and in developing effective methods of realizing these plans.  The main function of educational sociology is to analyse the influence of the educational institutions on the development of social personality of the students.
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  SCOPE OF EDUCATIONALSOCIOLOGY:  It is concerned with general concepts like------  society itself, culture, community, class, environment, socialization, internalization, accommodation, assimilation, cultural lag, sub- culture, status, role and etc…  It is further studied 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
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   It dealswith analysis of educational situations in various geographical and ethnological contexts. Like—  Educational situations in rural, urban and tribal areas, in different parts of the country/world, with the background of different races, cultures etc.  It studies the effect of economy upon the type of education provided to the students like---education provided in SEBA, CBSC, ICSE schools etc.
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   It helpsus to understand the effect of various social agencies like family, school, peers on the students.  It studies the relationship between social class, culture, language, parental education, occupation and the achievement of the students  It studies the role and structure of school, peer group on the personality of the students  It studies the role of schools in socialization of the students.
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   It suggestsways to develop national integration, international understanding, the spirit of scientific temper , globalization among the students  It promotes research studies related to planning, organization and application of various theories in education. It studies the effects of *Social Interaction on Education *Education on Social Interaction