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Introduttion t-O the

Does schooling
create a society?

Social Dimension of Education

Does society
create schools?

Do schools transmit the

culture of society?

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Do schools transform the

culture of society?

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Education and Society

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p'ays a significant role in the society. Educationa'
institutions take part on society in different aspects; such as on
people's intellectual development, polities, economics and
several fields.
Sociologist see education as one of the major institutions that
constitutes society.
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While theories guide research and policy formation ff
education, they also provide logical explanations on why things
happen as they do. These theories he'p sociologist understal1d
educational system.

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Definition of Terms
Society
A structured community of people bound together by similar
traditions, institutions, or nationality
Culture
Shared beliefs and values of group of people
Consensus
A general or wide spread agreement among all members of
particular society

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Education plays a significant role in the society. Educational

institutions take part on society in different aspects; such as on
people's intellectual development. politics. economics a~,d
several fields.
Sociologist see education as one of the inajor instltutloM t~3t
constitutes society.

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While theories guide research and polity formation Of

education, they also provide logical explanations on why thin~s
happen as they do. These theories help sociologIst understal'd
educational system.

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Shared norms and

values as fundamental

to society
based on tacit

agreement
Social change occurs in
slow and orderty

dominance of some

social groups

Focus on social order

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See social order as

manipulation and

control by dominant
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'~tonsensus is a concept in society in which

there is a belief that the absence of conflict
means the equilibrium state that is based
upon widespread agreement by all of the
members of the society itself.

It is being considered in these theories that

the social order in society should be
maintained, based upon the accepted norms,
values, roles or regulations that are accepted
the society in general.

The theorist of the conflict theory looks on how

The conflict theory emphasizes that the order in
society are based upon the manipulation and control
by any dominant groups.
Focuseson the struggle of social classesto maintain
dominance and power in social systems.

some of the institutions in society such as

religion, government, media, as well as education
are in one way or another help in maintaining
some privileges of some groups against the other
groups.

Conflict theories ask how srhools contribute to the

unequal distribution of people into jobs in society so
that more powerful members of society maintain the
best positions and the less powerful are allocated to
lower ranks in society.

As the consensus theorist tries to examine on the

integration of values In society the conflict theorist
examines about the conflicts of interest between sociat
groups in society.
'Some sociologists believe that society cannot exist
without having both conflict and consensus in
socie~. hence. lhey are considered as prerequisites on
each others existence. They further considered that
there is no conflict in society if there is no some prior
consensus that exists

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