Aims of Educational Sociology
Harington has given following objectives of sociology of Education:
- The study of social causes and its impression on the schools.
- By studying the social causes, try to understand its impact on human.
- To understand the Social, Economical and cultural characteristics and placement the syllabus of education through social way.
- Regarding to society the role of Teacher’s and tries to get the knowledge of this fi led, and also the view of social development of schooling.
- Understanding the philosophy of Democracy.
- Use research and methods to attain these objectives.
Scope of Educational Sociology
By the study of definition of educational sociology and its goal, we came to this conclusion that the scope of education sociology field is wide. Following main subjects are studied in this field:
- The study of societies needs, situations and problems.
- The study of person and the society and the relation with cultural environment.
- The study of different types of social institutions and its relations.
- The study of the person or school and the impact of society on them.
- The study of teacher’s role and it’s important in society.
- The study of the causes which impacts on between the relation of teacher and the students.
- The study of relations between schools and social institutes.
- The study of the impact of education on society.
- To develop the democratic sentiments in the schools.
- To development of person and society by implanting the important changes in the course of syllabus.
- For the development of personality by accepting the educational laws.
- The study of the impacts of education on social control, social changes, social organizations, social process and social development.
- The study of the impacts and the role of newspaper, radio, TV, cinema, library in social life.
- The study of total impact of cultural on the person.
According to Marvin Bressler educated sociology studied the following subjects:
- The study of the impact of external social systems on the complete process of education.
- The correct analysis of school according to the types of comprehensive system.
- The study of the social inner process in the educational classes and relations with the social philosophy and it’s laws.
- The study of Schools and other internal organization and its relations with the society, and its’ other elements.
The analysis of the subjects of educational sociology Den. W. Dodson wrote that “The interest of educational sociology is complete in itself relations with the culture. From it, from that person collects and earned the experiences. Educational Sociology takes a very specific interest in how to govern the educational process for the development of a well personality.
Functions of Educational Sociology
- Educational Sociology helps for the betterment of society members’ moral, character, spiritual, philosophy and social development.
- Educational Sociology take the part to change the person’s thought, morality and his behavior and to show him the paths of development.
- Educational Sociology protects the society, it’s useful traditions, customs, beliefs and morality and it helps them to stay firm and it research on the it’s ill customs and behavior.
- Educational Sociology takes the role to boost society.
- Educational Sociology provides the training to social members along with the society and social ideals and beliefs’ according to live life happily.
- Educational sociology develops the ability of children’s to live in society by socialization them.
- Educational Sociology develops the merits to understand the group of peoples, its creational process, and social life.
- Educational Sociology gives the total association to protect the societies cultural.
Need and Importance of the Study of Educational Sociology
The role of education is to develop child’s comprehensive personality. This development never happens in empty space. Always the development impressed by social relations. On the child’s development is effected by Child’s family, school, society, culture. In Educational Sociology these all subjects are studied. The necessity of Educational Sociology and its importance can be expressed in following manners:
- From the help of educational Sociology we have the knowledge of society and its different kinds of nature and its impact on the education.
- From the Educational Sociology it helps to understand the educations’ concepts.
- From the study of Educational Sociology it helps to set the aims of education for the better understanding of the social needs, and its problems.
- In the Educational Sociology analysis of social actions, cause, and its impacts, from the help of this knowledge we can build syllabus of education. Like this Educational Sociology can help syllabus of education.
- Educational Sociology helps to make educational laws. Though the important pillars of making the educational laws is Educational Psychological study but this law can also make by considering the correlations of between human and society.
- Educational Sociology not looks the problems of disciple on the ground of moral crime, but it looks it as on the basis of child’s social environment. From this view it is necessary into express the law of discipline in the education.
- From the help of Educational Sociology we having the knowledge of school’s model and its working style.
- From Educational Sociology it widen the scope of teaches personality from the social view. At the end in the process of education the importance of teacher and his role can be understood through the study of this science.
- Educational Sociology helps to understand the backward calls Childs and criminal child’s problems on the social basis.
- Educational Sociology to understand the other problems of education and it gives the solutions for it.
Impact of Educational Sociology on Education
Educational Sociology and because of its impact many changes took place.
- For people and the welfare this movements were started for education.
- To give the child the compulsory and gratis education.
- The Further education is started.
- Government takes in native role to help education and brings further steps for the development of Education.
- Government takes responsibility of handicapped and mental disorder child’s education.
- For the teacher’s training the training institutions are started.
- The importance is given to child’s education and on child’s psychology.
- Monitoring system is stated inspire of Teachers.
- Movement against the child labor started and from that the children’s were prohibited to work in industries and other places.
- From the States the institutes like Occupational, Technical and Agricultural education are stated.
- There are many changes took place in the education’s all section - Meaning of Education, Aim of Education, Syllabus of Education, Educational Laws and discipline.