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EDU 4104: Sociology of Education

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Mode of Delivery:

  • Online
  • Blended mode: mixed online and face-to -face
  • Face-to-Face


1. Rationale

Through this introduction to the sociology of education, a subject that is not taught in secondary school, you will acquire a very important intellectual asset for your future teaching career. It is the only subject that can give you a better grasp of the overall education process and the meaning of teaching practices, and raise your awareness of the imperatives of social dynamics. However, we must not forget that a truly professional understanding of the education process also requires the acquisition of scientific knowledge from related disciplines such as psychology, philosophy, history, statistics, and so on.

2. Prerequisite or knowledge

  • Have the capacity to understand analyses of sociology and education.


3. General objectives

 

  • Provide students with conceptual guidelines in the process of social integration
  • Introduce students to contemporary issues in education in general, and in school education in particular
  • Introduce students to an understanding of social dynamics and issues of school education
  • Give students the capacity to analyze the interplay between education and social structures.


4. Time

The 120 hours of work required to cover the module content are broken down as follows:

Unit 1: 20
Unit 2: 40
Unit 3: 40
Unit 4: 20

5. Materials

In order to complete this module, you must have the following equipment:

  • A Pentium 4 computer with 3.8 GHZ, 80 GB HDD, 512 Mo DDR
  • One ink-jet printer
  • One USB drive, 128 Mo
  • CDs
  • An Internet connection with high bandwidth, minimum 512 Mo.