Syllabus

Course Code: MAEd102    Course Name: Sociological Foundations of Education (Part One)

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 1. Concept of educational sociology and sociology ofeducation
(a) Social organization and itsconcepts
(b) Factors influencing social organization – folk ways, mores; institutions;values
(c) Dynamic characteristics of social organization and its educationalimplications.
2 2. Social interactions and their educationalimplications
(a) Social group inter-group relationship – groupdynamic
(b) Social stratifications – concepts of social stratification and its educational implications.
3 3. Culture:
Meaning and nature
(a) Role of education in culturalcontext
(b) Cultural determinants ofeducation
(c) Education and culturalchange.
4 4. Social change: its meaning and concept with special reference toIndia. Constraints of social change: caste, class, religion, region and language.
Concept of Urbanization, Modernization, Westernization and Sanskritisation with special reference to Indian society and its educationalimplications.
• Meaning, nature and types of social control.
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