2. • Education:
According to John Dewey, “Education is the process of
living through a continuous reconstruction of experiences. It is
the development of all those capacities in the individual which will
enable him to control his environment and fulfil his possibilities.”
• Social Change:
According to Miller, “Social
change refers to a pattern of social
relationship in a given social setting,
which exhibits changes over some definite
period of time.”
3. Nature of Social Change :
The main characteristics of the nature of social change are as follows:
Social change is a universal phenomenon
Speed of social change is continuous, but not uniform
Social change is planned & unplanned change:
Temporal
Create chain reaction
Interaction of member of factor
4. Factors of social change :
The main factors causing social change are as follows,
Educational factors
Time factors
Biological factors
Environmental factors
Psychological factors
Political factors
Economic factors
Demographic factors
Social factors
5. Relationship between Education & Social Change:
In the words of Francis J. Brown, “ Education is the
process which brings about changes in behaviour of society.”
We can elaborate the relationship in three ways,
Education as a condition of social change;
Education as a instrument of social change;
Education as a result of social change.
6. Imparts knowledge
Protects eternal values
Promotes capacity to
welcome changes
Spread of knowledgeDemocratic values
Transmission of culture Unity & integration
Evaluates social changes
7. Conclusion:
Thus, education brings changes in the society & social
changes brings changes in education. In short, the cycle of
“social change through education” and “ education
through social change” always goes in a progressive
society.