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Sociology of Education
WHAT’S INSIDE
This chapter will cover the following important topics:
1. Approaches to sociology of Education
2. Social movements
3. Types of social movements
INTRODUCTION
The branch of educational sociology deals with the study of how different public institutions, social agencies and individual experiences affect the education system and its outcomes. It is the majorly concerned with the schooling systems of contemporary and modern industrial societies, including the expansion of higher and vocational education, further adult education, and continuing education.
APPROACHES TO SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION
FUNCTIONALISM
Functionalism treats society as a self-regulating system of interrelated elements having structured social ...
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