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Education and Society

3.1 Educational Sociology: Meaning, Objectives, Characteristics and Functions

Do observe the pictures of Urban Society, Rural Society, and Tribal Society.

Which are the differences shown in the above picture?

Tell the social characteristics of Tribal Society.

Tell the social characteristics of Rural Society.

Tell the social characteristics of Urban Society.

The Special status was given to the Educational Sociology by the Pioneer Educational Sociologist George Payne in 1928 through his book Principles of Educational Sociology. That's why he is known as Father of Educational Sociology.

Meaning of Educational Sociology

Educational Sociology helps to determine educational objectives. Educational Sociology is one of the branches of education. Main objective of the branch is to make a person social. It is a study of interaction between person and cultural environment. In short, Educational Sociology means the study of correlation and interaction between the various components of school and society.

Educational sociology means the analytical process of socialization. - Eliwood, Smith, Brown

Educational sociology is the science which describes and explains the institution i.e. the social relationship in which the individual gains and organises his experiences. - George Payne

Teacher's Note

Educational Sociology helps us understand how schools and society work together. For example, when your school organizes a community cleanliness drive with parents and villagers, that is Educational Sociology in action.

Exam Trick

Remember: George Payne = Father of Educational Sociology. Think of him as the daddy who started this subject in 1928.

Points to Remember

Educational Sociology is about how school and society connect.
It helps make people social and responsible.
George Payne gave it importance in 1928.
It is one branch of education that focuses on socialization.
It studies the relationship between students and their community.

Objectives of Educational Sociology

To try to make the schools as cultural centres of the society.

To achieve progress of social development through education.

To specify the role of teacher in society.

To explain the place of school in society.

To specify the need and importance of formal, non-formal and informal education in society.

To study the effects of social impact on overall development of person.

To use research methodology and diagnostic approaches to achieve educational objectives.

To establish healthy relationship between education and mass media.

Characteristics of Educational Sociology

Educational Sociology is the branch of educational pedagogy.

Educational Sociology is considered as one of the branches of sociology.

In Educational Sociology analysis of education is considered as an important part.

The base of Educational Sociology is taken as a support to decide educational objectives.

Educational Sociology is the applied sociology.

Analysis of socialization process is the basic issue of Educational Sociology.

Teacher's Note

When your teacher helps you become a good citizen of society, this is Educational Sociology. Just like how your parents teach you to share and care, teachers teach you to be a good member of society.

Exam Trick

Remember: Educational Sociology = Education + Society = How they work together. It is applied sociology, which means we use it in real life, not just in books.

Points to Remember

Educational Sociology is a branch of both education and sociology.
It focuses on making people social and good citizens.
It is applied sociology used in real schools and communities.
Teachers and schools are important parts of Educational Sociology.
It helps develop good relationships between students and society.

Functions of Educational Sociology

To develop modern social methods.

To do the creative and constructive work.

To promote social control and social change.

To help the socialization process.

To apply the role of media in social change.

To inculcate democratic culture among people.

To analyse the reconstruction of society.

To develop a good citizen in democratic society.

To study the social relationship and social processes in the context of social development.

What will happen if a person in society does not get primary education at all?

Among print media, mass media and web media, which communication medium is more effective in social change?

What changes are seen in individual's social and practical life due to school education?

Can we call society as a Nation? How?

Education is essential to develop equality and brotherhood in society.

Education can destroy undesirable customs and traditions of society.

Education can make man understand that good things are to be accepted and bad things are to be rejected.

Teacher's Note

Educational Sociology shows us that education is not just about reading books in school. It is about learning to live together peacefully in society, like how students of different religions celebrate each other's festivals in school.

Exam Trick

Remember: Functions = What it does. Educational Sociology develops citizens, controls change, and helps media spread good ideas in society. Think of it as a tool to build a better society.

Points to Remember

Educational Sociology develops modern ways of teaching and learning.
It promotes social change through education and media.
It helps people understand and accept good customs and reject bad ones.
It builds democratic citizens who respect society.
It studies how people and society grow together through education.

3.2 Education and Society

Education and society are the two sides of same coin. Education can help to maintain the unobstructive status of society and to develop the social existence through progressive way. To make the Education system qualitative and useful; all the components of society are equally important. By Taking active participation of society, education can become socially oriented. It is essential to correlate society with education to improve the quality of education.

Teacher's Note

Education and society need each other, just like a plant needs soil and water. Good schools make good societies, and good societies support good schools with money and participation.

Exam Trick

Remember: Education and Society = Two sides of same coin. You cannot have one without the other. Better society means better schools, and better schools make better society.

Points to Remember

Education and society are connected to each other.
Schools help develop society and society helps develop schools.
Society must participate actively in school activities.
Good education needs support from society members.
Without society's help, schools cannot become better.

3.3 Participation of Society in Education

Make the list of what you see in the picture showing various events of community participation.

As a student, which type of help had you offered to your own school?

Which type of help had you offered to your village?

Write down the name of villages in your surrounding which resolved the water problems by their voluntary labour.

Write down the names of different organizations and groups which actively participated in tree plantation and forestation.

Discuss - Why such activities were successful? What are reasons behind it.

3.3.1 People Participation

It is a must to take opinion of every citizen about the development of his or her own village, own city or own environment. It is compulsory according to 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments of India.

There are many welfare schemes provided by Central Government for cities and villages. These schemes are effectively implemented by the help of citizens.

Discuss how the progress of your village or town or city took place.

What is people participation?

School and society are the two indivisible parts. School is for society and society is for school. The primary objective of school is to achieve personal development and ultimately through it the social development. Similarly to develop the school by the help of society is also equally important. This needs people and social participation in schools activity. This is called as people participation.

To increase the people's participation in development programme and local body decision making process, there should be regular work meetings in urban area and Gram Sabha in rural area.

Which initiatives had been taken from your school to promote people participation related work?

Tell us how you will contribute in people participation activities organized by your school or college.

Which problems did you face while conducting the people participation project in your school? Enlist them.

Objectives of People Participation in Function of School

To cultivate the co-relation of school and society.

To increase reliability of school.

To solve the problems of school.

To give direction to control over the function of school.

To get co-operation of society in co-curricular activities of school.

To receive the economical help for school development.

To increase the attendance of students in school.

To enrich school resources through social co-operation.

To make use of knowledge and experience of senior great scholars in society.

Teacher's Note

People participation means everyone in the village or neighborhood helps the school together. Like when parents and community members help build a new classroom or well in school, that is people participation.

Exam Trick

Remember: People Participation = Everyone helps. Parents, farmers, shopkeepers, and villagers all work together for school development. It is compulsory according to Constitutional Amendments of India.

Points to Remember

People participation means society actively helps schools.
It is needed to make schools better and stronger.
Gram Sabha in villages and meetings in cities help in this.
Parents and community members solve school problems together.
The 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments made this necessary.

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