Introduction to Educational Sociology

1. By Zachariah Aidin Druckman

3.  How can we increase academic achievement?
 Do schools simply perpetuate the class
stratification system?
 What moral or religious impact should schools
have on young people?
 Are children who have access to technology in
schools better prepared for the future?

4.  We play with elements of
 Moral factors
 Social factors
 Political factors
 Religious factors

6.  What is EDUCATION PSYCHOLOGY?
 What is EDUCATION SOCIOLOGY?
WHAT IS
EDUCATION???

7.  Does not concern on what is right or wrong,
good or bad , positive or negative
 Ed.Socio concerns the state of education and
outcomes of certain policies

9.  Courses or principals of action that are adopted
or proposed by a government, party, business,
organization or individuals
 Name me some policies…

11.  Sociologists study people in group situations
 Area of specialties:
1. Studies of institutions in society
2. Studies of processes
3. Studies of interactions between individuals and groups
STUDIES OF INSTITUTIONS
 When talking about society, there are SIX (6) MAJOR institutions
that constitute subject areas in sociology
1. Family
2. Religion
3. Education
4. Politics
5. Economics
6. health

12.  Schools are considered as formal & complex organizations
 These organizations are part of the institutional structures
that carry out the work of societies
STUDIES OF PROCESSES
 Defined as the action part of a society that brings the
structures alive
 Through the processes of socialization, people learn how to
fit into society and what roles are expected of them
 Process of stratification: determines where people fit into the
social structure and their resultant lifestyle
 Change: an ever-present process that constantly forces
schools and other organizations to adjust to new demands
 Education: takes place formally (in classrooms) and
informally (at home). Influences lives

13.  The institution of education interacts with
other institutions
 Family institution & School institution
 How are they related?
 Education institutions and…
 Religion
 Social
 Political

14.  A field that is devoted to understanding
educational systems
 Questions range from teacher and student
interactions to large educational systems of
countries
 Via Ed.Socio, policies can be guided for schools

15.  To objectively consider educational practices,
sometimes controversial topics, and even
unpopular beliefs to gain understanding of a
system that affects us all.

27.  You are future teachers
 Someday you may ascend higher
 You may even be a minister!

32.  Ladies and gentlemen…
 Education is MORE than JUST teaching 