week 1 what is social

8/14/2019 WEEK 1 What is Social

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Al Quran :Al Hujerat :13

049.013YUSUF ALI:O mankind! We created you from a single (pair)

of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes,

that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each

other). Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is(he who is) the most righteous of you. And Allah has full

knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things).


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Sociology Defined

Sociology is the study of social life,social change, and the social causesand consequences of human

behavior.

Sociologists investigate the structure

of groups, organizations, andsocieties, and how people interactwithin these contexts.

-American Sociological Association


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Sociology is the scientific study ofhuman society and socialinteractions. The focus is thegroup,not the individual.


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Scope

Sociology ranges from the intimatefamily to the hostile mob; fromorganized crime to religious cults;from the divisions of race, gender andsocial class to the shared beliefs of acommon culture; and from the

sociology of work to the sociology ofsports.

- American Sociological Association


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Sociology from the IslamicPerspective

Zahra al Zeera (2001)-

Islamic sociology deals with social

and community issues, for it isconsidered to be the duty of everyindividual to participate in, developand improve societal life


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The fifth principle in the Islamic paradigm is

related to the community and society ingeneral. The development of human beingsin Islam is emphasized not only because itleads to the perfection of individuals, butalso because it is intimately related to the

perfection of society so as to fulfillcollectively the Divine Will. Islam realizesthe importance of collective action for thefulfillment of any task. It is not only a

religion that teaches spirituality andpurification of the individual so, it is also acomplete social system whose laws arestated in the Al Quran.


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What is Education?

John Dewey - The process of forming fundamentaldispositions, intellectually and emotionally towardsnature and fellow man.

H. Horne Education is the eternal process ofsuperior adjustment of the physically and mentallydeveloped, free conscious human being to god, asmanifested in the intellectual, emotional and volitionalenvironment of man.

Prof.S.M. Naquib Education is the instilling andinculcation of adab into man.


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National Education Philosophy "Education in Malaysiais an on-going efforts towards further developing thepotential of individuals in a holistic and integratedmanner, so as to produce individuals who are

intellectually, spiritually, emotionally and physicallybalanced and harmonic, based on a firm belief in anddevotion to God. Such an effort is designed toproduce Malaysian citizens who are knowledgeableand competent, who possess high moral standardsand who are responsible and capable of achieving

high level of personal well-being as well as being ableto contribute to the harmony and betterment of thefamily, the society and the nation at large"


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Educational Sociology

The application of the general principlesand research findings in sociology in orderto assist to provide solutions to social

problems in education. It examines the aspects of sociology (class

social, values, norms, society etc.) thatserves as support to teachers, educators

and those who share similar interests in theworld of education.


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What is Sociology of Education?

Classical Sociological Approaches toEducation

We are going to look at related material that reviews:

What is Sociology of Education?

Background on major Theorists


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Sociology of Education:

Focuses on the relationships of schooling

processes, practices and outcomes to theorganization of society as a whole (How iseducation serving the needs of society?).


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Sociology of Education:

2. At the level of the school system andwithin the school itself, Sociology of

Education focuses on the social groups(students, teachers, parents, schooladministrators etc.) and their interactionsto produce outcomes (mainly student

success).


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Three Types of Education inModern Society

Informal education: Learning that

takes place outside of school,through the process of socialinteraction.


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Three Types of Education inModern Society (contd)

2. Formal education: the set of

organized activities that are intendedto transmit skills, knowledge, andvalues as well as to develop mentalabilities.


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Three Types of Education inModern Society (contd)

3. Nonformal education: organized

instruction that takes place outsideschool settings (e.g. girl scouts,music lessons, sports groups).


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Education is sociological

Education is sociological because itis part of a network of interrelatedsocietal institutions

Education is asocial process

Social Process:sequence of activity

driven by social interaction.


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It involves human beings andrequires them to interact in order forthe intended knowledge, skills, andvalues to be transmitted and formental abilities to develop.


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Key players - teachers and students bring toclass their prior life experience, theirsocialclassbackground, their language, their gender,

their beliefs about each other and abouteducation, and their notions about how boys andgirls are supposed to behave in the classroom.

Social class: an individuals position in societys

hierarchy based on their possession of whatevercriteria (e.g., education, income, athletics) aremost highly valued by the dominant class.


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Some school settings are morecomplex that others

Large immigration to Canada sinceWWII (1945)

Schools, in large urban areas, tend tobe very multicultural and multilingual


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This diversitymeans teachers needto be prepared to teach children whobring many different kinds of prior

experiences.

Diversity: a society in which the

members are of different ethnicbackgrounds, races, cultures, orreligions.


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It is not only thesocial contextof teachingand learning that is important, but thecontext of the experience that each childbrings to school.

Social context: the societal circumstances inwhich an event takes place.

Tocontextualize instruction is to addressthese aspects of the culture of schooling.


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Purpose of an educationalsociology

Henry Suzzallo (Ph.D., Professor of thePhilosophy of Education, Teachers College,Columbia University)

The purpose of an educational sociology is,in a specialized and scientific way, toinvestigate and reveal the social facts and

laws upon which educational theory andpractice must in large part rest.


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Purposes of an educationalsociology

To analyse the socialization process To analyse the status of education in

society To analyse the social interaction occuring

between schools and society As an instrument for social advancement

and development As a foundation in determining educational

aims To incorporate the knowledge and

principles of sociology into education

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