Social Foundations of Education

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) He is able to know the relationship between education and sociology.
2) He analyzes the relationship between education and the concepts in Sociology.
3) He realizes the role played by schools in society.
4) He examines organizational features of schools, education as an institution and its relation to other social institutions.
5) He analyzes the role of the school in social inequality, and the social relationships of the classroom.
6) He examines the relationship between education and equality in terms of issues such as race, social class and gender.
7) He looks beneath the surface of the educational systems in Turkey and he improves his understanding and assessment of how the educational systems actually operate with a solid grasp of the major sociological perspectives.
8) he analyzes the reflections of the issues such as migration, family and traditions into the classroom climate.
9) He realizes the roles and situations in society and school.
10) He relates the concepts democracy, religion, economy and sociological evolution with education.
11) He compares and contrasts the thoughts of some sociologists about sociology and education.