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Sociological
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Five • Socialization
• Roles from the Structural Perspective
• Socialization into Society
• Family as the Basic Source of Information
• School as a Social Institution
Topics • Changes in Society
• Social Problems
• Educational Implication on the Various Sociological
Concepts
• Providing Equal Educational Opportunity
• A Brief History of segregation in American Education
• The Progress of Desegregation
• Effects on Students Performance and Attitudes
• Multicultural Education
• Conclusion for Bilingual Instructions
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 Learning Outcomes
After going over the learning module, you are expected to:
a. Discuss the concepts of society, socialization, stratification and
education;
b. Explain the family as the primary educational institution;
c. Cite the interplay of the school and the community;
d. Illustrate the changes in society and their implications on the
aims of education curriculum and instruction;
e. Identify the functions of the school and which these functions
helped in solving some societal problems:
f. Plan and provide equal educational opportunity.
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NATILIZACIOOS SOCIALIZATION
Part I

TIOCESY SOCIETY

LIMAFY FAMILY
MUCULRIRUC CURRICULUM

SCHOOL SCHOOL
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What is the function of Wh y is E d
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What is the im s?
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The man is born in society and has to
develop his personality in the society.
SOCIOLOGICAL According to Ross "Individuality is of
one value and personality is a
FOUNDATIONS OF meaningless apart from social
EDUCATION environment. In the social environment
individual interact with forces which
influences him and he also influence the
society.
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SOCIOLOGICAL • “Sociology” – Latin “Socius” – “social
FOUNDATIONS or being with others”;
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• Greek “logos” – “study”.
• Study of man and his environment in
their relation with each other.
• 1837 French philosopher Auguste
Comte – coin the word sociology, by
Sociology sociology he meant the application of
scientific method in the study of the
relationship between the society and
individual.
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SOCIOLOGICAL • Brown: All education proceed by the
FOUNDATIONS participation of the individual in the
OF EDUCATION
social consciousness of the races.
• Ottaway’s view: The sociology of
education may be defined as a study of
relations between education and
sociology.
Educational • George Penn: Educational sociology
Sociology is a science which describes and
discusses processes of social relation
which give experience to an individual
and organizes a society.
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SOCIOLOGICAL
• Sociology studies the structure and
FOUNDATIONS
OF EDUCATION functions of social system, while education
is one of the important function of any
social system.
• The prime concern of sociology is
socialized individuals. Education is the
means for achieving the goals of sociology.
Relationship of • Education is the laboratory and workshop
of sociology.
Sociology and •  Sociology attempts to ascertain the
Education functions performed by the educational
system while education adopts the
principles of sociology to improve its
functioning.
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SOCIOLOGICAL the data base which is consumed by
FOUNDATIONS
educational system to realize the goal of
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social life.
 Sociology develops the law and principles
which are adopted by the educational system
for its improvement
 Education preserves the social and cultural
heritage which is owned by sociology.
Relationship of  Society is the prime factor in determining
Sociology and the educational patterns so that its
Education sociocultural needs may be satisfied and
continues to grow.
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helps in achievement of the social aim of
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SOCIOLOGICAL
FOUNDATIONS • The curriculum should be chosen on the
OF EDUCATION basis of the problems and the needs of
society. But it should also pay the attention
to the real problems and interest of the
pupils.
• Curriculum should be so organized and its
relationship with instructional methods
should be such that the curriculum
Educational Sociology becomes effective medium to keep a
and Curriculum control over society.
• Through curriculum the cultural values
should be brought to light and through it
the high ideals of the society should be
transmitted to the new generation.
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Five develops an attitude of respect to all
SOCIOLOGICAL vocations It should develop a sense of
FOUNDATIONS
dignity of labor among students.
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• The stress should be on a futuristic social
change rather than bringing immediate
change in individual’s behaviour.
• The curriculum should be dynamic
flexible and changing in nature.
• The curriculum should able to develop a
Educational Sociology problem solving attitude among the
students .they should understand and solve
and Curriculum the problem independently.
• There should be provision of social
programs for participation in social life
 Sociological
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Five when the skill and knowledge acquired in
SOCIOLOGICAL the classroom are actually use by the
FOUNDATIONS
individual in the adjustment to social
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situation.
• The method of teaching should be stress
on the social behaviour outside the class
while teaching.
• The method of teaching should make use
of all possible social resources and social
Educational Sociology and operative force in the social life in order to
develop the capacity in every individual
Method of Teaching for social adjustment.
• The social powers currents in the society
should be used in teaching system for
increasing the social co-relationship.
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SOCIOLOGICAL
FOUNDATIONS
OF EDUCATION • Teacher should be committed to
society. He should know the main
institution and powers that mainly
influence a student. He should know
the instruments of social development,
available in extramural
environment .He should have capacity
Educational Sociology to use this knowledge in school
and Teacher education.
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Five function of education is socialization.
SOCIOLOGICAL 2. Development of Personality: Education
FOUNDATIONS
plays an important role in the
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development of personality.
3. Social Control: Education plays a vital
role in regulating individual behaviours
through transmitting a way of life and
communicating ideas and values to the
new generation.
Social functions of 4. Social Integration: Education, by
imparting values, also integrates people
Education into the broader society.
5. Determination of Status: Determination
of status of an individual is an important
function of education.
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Five COMTE BELIEVED This is the first stage of human thought
THAT SOCIETY which is believed to have continued from
HAS PASSED 3 the inception of human society to roughly
STAGES 1300 AD.
1. Fetishism: in this stage, the people
believed that divine powers are
present in inanimate objects.
2. Polytheism: in this stage, people
believed that there are many gods who
Human intellectual provide different services
Development 3. Monotheism: in this stage, people
believed that there is only one God
which is the creator and operator of
everything in the universe.
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THAT SOCIETY 2. Metaphysical Stage
HAS PASSED 3 It is the second stage which is believed to
STAGES have continued from 1300AD to 1800AD.

3. Positive or Scientific Stage

It is the third stage that is believed to have
started in 1800AD and gained its full
Human intellectual maturity in the onward period.
Development
 Sociological
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Five COMTE BELIEVED 1. The family was viewed as the most
THAT SOCIETY important social unit by the people.
HAS PASSED 3 2. Priests were viewed as the leaders by
STAGES the people, and they were the most
influential people in the society.
3. Comte termed this society as a
military or monarchial society
where God was viewed as the most
powerful and at the top of the
Social Evolution in hierarchy of kings.
three Stages 4. It refers to the ancient society where
one’s family or kinship group was the
most important social group for the
people.
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SOCIALIZATION
Havighurst and Newgarton –
“Socialization is the process by which
children learn the ways of their society
and make these ways part of their own
personality." Society makes a child social.
The co-operation of society plays an
important part to socialize the child.
 Sociological
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Five socialization begins in the family. School:
Children spend about seven to eight hours
SOCIALIZATION in school.
• Religion: It is the most powerful agents of
socialization of a child.
• Mass Media: These are methods of
communication that direct message and
entertainment at a wide audience.
• Games and sports: There is more
Agents of child effective interaction in games and sports
than is organized teaching in a class.
socialization • Peer Groups: After the family, peer
groups are like a wider and enlarged
family.
 Sociological
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Five when a man responds to stimulate he acts
in a creative manner.
SOCIALIZATION • Second: Education is of two ways of
learning such as informal education and
formal education.
• Third: Formal education is a socially
devised technique, a highly elaborated
procedure for creating situations
• Fourth: Education is both the living of
Sociological Aspects of life and a preparation for life.
• Fifth: Education involves (a) mastery of
Education the tools of learning such as reading
writing arithmetic and (b) mastery of our
relations to our inner self, to our neighbor
to the universe.
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SOCIALIZATION Chicago University, emphasized that
every teacher should be sufficiently
instructed in sociology to put all his
teaching in settings which the
sociological viewpoint affords.
• John Dewey in “My Pedagogical
Relationship of creed" (1897) expressed his belief that
the school is primarily a social
Sociology and institution, education being a social
Education process
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SOCIALIZATION • Caste System – are closed
stratification systems where people can
do little or nothing to change the social
standing of their birth.
• Class System – is based on both social
factors and individual achievement. A 
• Meritocracy – is a hypothetical
Systems of system in which social stratification is
Stratification determined by personal effort and
merit.
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Five INEQUALITY -Inequality exists because of
natural differences in people’s abilities.
SOCIALIZATION CONFLICT-Stratification occurs due to
conflict between different classes, with the
upper classes using superior power to take a
larger share of the social resources.
POWER-Power influences one’s definition
of self and the importance of ideas in defining
social situations
Causes of Social WEALTH-Difference in the wealth is also
one of the causes of social stratification.
Stratification INSTABILITY-Instability in the society
being the cause of social stratification
enhances stability and induces members of
the society to work hard.
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Five ROLES FROM • Life Cycle- these are recognized roles
THE attached to every cycle or stage of life
STRUCTURAL that we go through.
PERSPECTIVE • Ascribed Roles – those that come with
positions that are attributed to
individuals by society, and these roles
are played according to society’s
expectations.
• Achieved Roles – those that we attain
because we desire to do so and because
we are capable of them.
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THE
STRUCTURAL • Primary Roles – these are the roles we
PERSPECTIVE play all the time, such as sex role.
• Secondary Roles – these refer to roles
that are played in some, but not all
settings, and which form a large and
important part of what we learn.
• Tertiary Roles – these are the roles
Roles expected to us in
that are played only in one setting
all settings
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Five of the actions of another. Mead defines it
as “self-conscious assumption of
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another’s acts or roles.”
SOCIETY 2. Suggestion – “suggestion is the process
of communication resulting in the
acceptance with conviction of the
communicated proposition in the absence
of logically adequate grounds for its
acceptance.”
Factors of the Process 3. Identification – In his early age, the
child cannot make any distinction
of Socialization between his organism and environment.
4. Language – Language is the medium of
social intercourse.
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Five a) Our perception of how we look to
SOCIALIZATION INTO others;
SOCIETY b) Our perception of their judgment of
how we look; and
c) Our feelings about these
judgments.
2. Mead’s Theory: G. H. Mead has
given a sociological analysis of the
Theories of process of socialization.

Socialization 3. Freud’s Theory: The theories of

Cooley and Mead presume a basic
harmony between the self and society.
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i. The Family: The parents or family are
SOCIALIZATION INTO
the first to socialize the child.
SOCIETY
ii. The School: The school is the second
agency of socialization.
iii. The Playmates or Friends: The
playmates and friends also are an
important agency of socialization.
iv. The Church: Religion has been an
Agencies of important factor in society.
v. The State: The state is an authoritarian
Socialization agency.
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SOCIALIZATION INTO
SOCIETY • The physical and psychological
heritage of the individual.
• The environment in which he is born,
and
• Culture in which he is because of the
action an interaction between these
Elements of elements.
Socialization
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SOCIALIZATION INTO
SOCIETY
 Equality of Educational Opportunity
 Differential Standard of Educational
Institutions
 Primary Education
 Secondary Education
 Higher Professional Education
Education and  Compensatory Education
Society
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Study the ideology, structure and process
SOCIALIZATION INTO
of social inequality
SOCIETY • Development of equal system of education
enriched with diversified course content to
cater the needs of various groups and
sections.
• Diversified methods of teaching
• Distance education
Focus of Education • Establishment of educational institutions
in remote areas
• Global system of education
• Special provisions for education of
deprived groups
• Promotion of multiculturalism in process
of education.
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• Teacher as an architect of our future
Five generations
SOCIALIZATION INTO • Imparting knowledge
SOCIETY • Inculcation of values
• Make student to learn life skills
• Economic development
• Development of personality
• Development of good citizenship
• Development of scientific and
Teacher’s Role in humanistic attitude
• Creating awareness among society
Society • Social reforms
• Character formation
• Agent of social change
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