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SOCIOLOGICALFOUNDATIONS OF
EDUCATION
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EDUCATION
Click to edit Master subtitle styleSociology:
Defined
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Sociologywas defined as the scientificstudy of human interaction and the
product of such interaction.Human interaction is a social or group
concept because it necessarily involves twoor more people relating to and influencingone another. Sociological study is focusedtherefore on the nature of human group life
and the products of group living. In fact, onecan say that the central concept and subjectmatter of sociological study is the human
group.
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Sociology provides answers to questions such
as: What is a group? How do groups come about, change,persist, and weaken?
What is the function or needs do groupsserve for their members?
What influence does group membershiphave on the person?
What patterns of inter-group relationsare found within society? What are the nature and characteristicsof the most encompassing, or total,
social group that sociologists termsociety?
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Central among the products ofhuman interaction with others is thedevelopment of group customs,
traditions, values, and standards ofbehaviour. Much sociologicalanalysis is given to elements such as
these because they are preset inevery group, but more important,because they also constitute the
basis on which social life isr niz n r t t .
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A society, for instance, as well asgroups within it, is organized in certainways. From the sociological viewpoint,
much of this social organization
(families, political and economicsystems) reflects various groupcustoms, traditions, values, and
standards of behaviour. Customs,traditions, and values warrant muchsociological attention because they
derive from group living, and, in turn,
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Sociology is concerned with theultimate questions ofhow and whyhuman beings act the way they do.
These questions have been centralto every age, and today, as in thepast, there are many ways at
arriving at their answers. Peoplemay gain insight into these
questions from many points of view the supernatural or religious, thelit r r th hil hi l r th
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The sociological approach isdistinct from these otherapproaches in two major
respects. First sociologists viewhuman behaviour as
fundamentally socialin nature;
and second, sociologists use thescientific method to study
human social behavior.
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The physical sciences, such aschemistry and physics, use thescientific method to answer
questions concerning the non-human or material world.Sociology a social science
assumes that there areuniformities in nature and,therefore, in human social nature
and that these uniformities may be
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Finally, it should be noted thatsociology, like no other sciences, often
investigates traditional beliefs thatpeople hold concerning the world about
them. Many of these beliefs have beenhanded down from generation togeneration and have never been
critically examined. Said to be mattersof common sense, the actual testing
of such beliefs is often met with
considerable resistance by the general
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