Sociology of Education

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A mother accompanies the transition from kindergarten to school on the first day of school

The sociology of education is the sub-discipline of sociology that deals with the connection between education and society , with the structures of the educational system , with educational and socialization processes in institutions such as family and school , etc. Are examined u. a. the effects and functions of these processes in socio-structural, interactive and psychosocial terms. The sociology of education has pushed back the pedagogical sociology that arose from educational issues and expanded the range of topics beyond questions of the school. Part is today by the education and sociology of education talked, sometimes that is educational sociology emphasizes as a separate sub-discipline.

See also

literature

Books

  • Rolf Becker / Wolfgang Lauterbach (ed.), Education as a Privilege? . VS Verlag. Wiesbaden 2004
  • Rob Moore, Education and Society: Issues and Explanations in the Sociology of Education , Polity Press 2004, ISBN 0-7456-1709-3
  • Plake, Klaus (Ed.), Classics of the Sociology of Education , Düsseldorf (Schwan) 1987.

Magazines

  • British Journal of Sociology of Education
  • Journal of Sociology of Education