Sociological Foundations of Education

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SOCIOLOGICALFOUNDATIONS OF

EDUCATION


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EDUCATION

Click to edit Master subtitle styleSociology:

Defined


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Sociologywas defined as the scientificstudy of human interaction and the

product of such interaction.Human interaction is a social or group

concept because it necessarily involves twoor more people relating to and influencingone another. Sociological study is focusedtherefore on the nature of human group life

and the products of group living. In fact, onecan say that the central concept and subjectmatter of sociological study is the human

group.


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Sociology provides answers to questions such

as: What is a group? How do groups come about, change,persist, and weaken?

What is the function or needs do groupsserve for their members?

What influence does group membershiphave on the person?

What patterns of inter-group relationsare found within society? What are the nature and characteristicsof the most encompassing, or total,

social group that sociologists termsociety?


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Central among the products ofhuman interaction with others is thedevelopment of group customs,

traditions, values, and standards ofbehaviour. Much sociologicalanalysis is given to elements such as

these because they are preset inevery group, but more important,because they also constitute the

basis on which social life isr niz n r t t .


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A society, for instance, as well asgroups within it, is organized in certainways. From the sociological viewpoint,

much of this social organization

(families, political and economicsystems) reflects various groupcustoms, traditions, values, and

standards of behaviour. Customs,traditions, and values warrant muchsociological attention because they

derive from group living, and, in turn,


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Sociology is concerned with theultimate questions ofhow and whyhuman beings act the way they do.

These questions have been centralto every age, and today, as in thepast, there are many ways at

arriving at their answers. Peoplemay gain insight into these

questions from many points of view the supernatural or religious, thelit r r th hil hi l r th


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The sociological approach isdistinct from these otherapproaches in two major

respects. First sociologists viewhuman behaviour as

fundamentally socialin nature;

and second, sociologists use thescientific method to study

human social behavior.


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The physical sciences, such aschemistry and physics, use thescientific method to answer

questions concerning the non-human or material world.Sociology a social science

assumes that there areuniformities in nature and,therefore, in human social nature

and that these uniformities may be


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Finally, it should be noted thatsociology, like no other sciences, often

investigates traditional beliefs thatpeople hold concerning the world about

them. Many of these beliefs have beenhanded down from generation togeneration and have never been

critically examined. Said to be mattersof common sense, the actual testing

of such beliefs is often met with

considerable resistance by the general


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