Sociology of Education

Paper Code: 
SOC144(h)
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
12.00
  • Sociology of Education: Origin and Development, Scope and Subject Matter
  • Education: Concept,  Objectives and  Functions

 

12.00
  • Theoretical Perspectives: Functionalist, Conflict, Interactionist , Postmodern
  • Contemporary Approaches: Code Theory, Institutional Theory

 

 

12.00
  • School as a Social System
  • Rules of Pedagogic Practice
  • Forms of Capital: Cultural Capital and Social Capital

 

12.00
  • Inclusive Education: Concept and  Features
  • Right to Education
  • New Education Policy

 

 

12.00
  • Education in the Traditional and Modern Indian Contexts
  • Knowledge Society, ICT and Education
  • Problems and Challenges in the Present Education System

 

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Bourdieu. Pierre. 1986. The Forms of Capital. In J.G.Richardson (ed.) Handbook of  Research in the Sociology of Education, New York, Greenwood Publishers

 

  • Durkheim.E. 1956. Education and Society, New York, Teachers College Press

 

  • Jayaram.N.2015, Sociology of Education in India,  Jaipur, Rawat Publications, Jaipur
  • Kumar Krishna.2004. What is Worth Teaching? Delhi, Orient Blackswan

 

  • Sadovnik. Alan.2007, Sociology of Education,  New York, Taylor and Francis,

 

 

 

Academic Session: 
2022-23
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