ralationship between society and education
EGERTON UNIVERSITY
FACULTY:FEDCOS
DEPERTMENT: CIEM
COURSE TITLE:SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION
COURSE CODE:
STUDENTS NAME:FRANCIS GITUMA ;EP133|00364|12
TASK:RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATION SOCIOLOGY
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIETY AND EDUCATION
Introduction
Many sociologists have observed that there is a strong relationship between education and society. This observation is borne out of the fact that it is not possible to separate or draw any line of demarcation between the two concepts. This is because of the fact that what happens to the educational system undoubtedly affects the society, the young in its own image. The components of the educational system that constitute perfectly defined facts and which have the same reality as another social fact are inter-related. They are inter-related internally, so that a given education system has unity and consistency, and also externally so that the education system reflects a society 's moral and intellectual values. Ottaway (1980) defined society as the whole range of social relationships of people living in a certain geographical territory and having a feeling of belonging to the same kind of group. In every society, whether developing or developed, complex or primitive, there is always an education system. Education systems are not the same, as no two societies are identical. Therefore, education systems differ from society to society and their aims, contents and techniques also differ from one society to another. From the foregoing, one might postulate that educational institutions are micro-societies, which mirror the entire society. This is one of the reasons why societies try to evolve education systems and policies that would meet the needs, beliefs, attitudes and the aspirations of their people. Havighurst (1968) observed that the way to understand a society 's education system is to understand how it is related to
FACULTY:FEDCOS
DEPERTMENT: CIEM
COURSE TITLE:SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION
COURSE CODE:
STUDENTS NAME:FRANCIS GITUMA ;EP133|00364|12
TASK:RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATION SOCIOLOGY
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIETY AND EDUCATION
Introduction
Many sociologists have observed that there is a strong relationship between education and society. This observation is borne out of the fact that it is not possible to separate or draw any line of demarcation between the two concepts. This is because of the fact that what happens to the educational system undoubtedly affects the society, the young in its own image. The components of the educational system that constitute perfectly defined facts and which have the same reality as another social fact are inter-related. They are inter-related internally, so that a given education system has unity and consistency, and also externally so that the education system reflects a society 's moral and intellectual values. Ottaway (1980) defined society as the whole range of social relationships of people living in a certain geographical territory and having a feeling of belonging to the same kind of group. In every society, whether developing or developed, complex or primitive, there is always an education system. Education systems are not the same, as no two societies are identical. Therefore, education systems differ from society to society and their aims, contents and techniques also differ from one society to another. From the foregoing, one might postulate that educational institutions are micro-societies, which mirror the entire society. This is one of the reasons why societies try to evolve education systems and policies that would meet the needs, beliefs, attitudes and the aspirations of their people. Havighurst (1968) observed that the way to understand a society 's education system is to understand how it is related to
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