SOCIAL DIMENSION OF EDUCATION Presented by: Orlaine Gamilla, Michelle

Sabelo and Fressette Vinson

2. Society Sociologist Education Theories Consensus Conflict Interaction

Socio- Cultural Socio-Political Socio-Economic Socio-Psychological Topics:

3. Origin of Sociology of Education The sociology of education is the study of how

social institutions and individual experiences affects education and its outcome. It is
relatively a new branch and two great sociologist mile Durkheim and Max Weber were
the father of sociology of education. mile Durkheim's work on moral education as a
basis for social solidarity is considered the beginning of sociology of education.

4. Sociologists see education as one of the major institutions that constitutes society.
While theories guide research and policy formulation in the sociology of education. This
theories help sociologists understand educational systems.

5. Sociology The word Sociology originates from latin prefix :socius, "companion";
and the suffix -ology, "the study of", from Greek lgos, "knowledge" .Sociology is the
systematic study of society.Sociology encompasses all the elements of society ie social
relation, social stratification, social interaction, culture.

6. Society: people in general thought of as living together in organized communities

with shared laws, traditions, and values: the people of a particular country, area, time,
etc., thought of especially as an organized community

7. Education Education is a broad concept, referring to all the experiences in which

learners can learn something . It is a social endeavour designed to get the maximum
from the ability of each of the member of the society. Education is covers both the
teaching, learning of knowledge and values. Education consists of systematic
instruction, teaching and training by professional teachers.

8. THEORIES

9. According to some sociologist; society has two faces; the face of consensus and the
face of conflict. Further, they emphasized that sociological theory should be divided into
two parts between the consensus theory and the conflict theory.

10. The proponents of consensus and conflict sociological and social theories are: Karl
Marx Emile Durkheim Max Weber Talcott Parsons & Robert Merton Louis
Althusser & Ralph Dahrendorf Herbert Mead & Herbert Blumer

11. Karl Marx Marx's class theory rests on the premise that "the history of all hitherto
existing society is the history of class struggles." According to this view, ever since

human society emerged from its primitive and relatively undifferentiated state it has
remained fundamentally divided between classes who clash in the pursuit of class
interests.