ED 200

Course Code & Number

ED 200

Course Title

Educational Sociology

Level

BS

Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits

(2+0+0) 2 TEDU Credits, 3 ECTS Credits

Type of Course:

Elective

Mode of Delivery:

Face-to-face

Language of Instruction:

English

Pre-requisite / Co-requisite:

Catalog Description

Basic concepts of sociology: society, social structure, social fact, social event etc. Pioneers of sociology (İbn Khaldun, A. Comte, K. Marx, E. Durkheim, M. Weber etc.) and their views on education. The relationship between the field of education and the major sociological theories (functionalism, structuralism, symbolic interactionism, conflict theory, critical theory, phenomenology, and ethnomethodology). Social processes (socialization, social stratification, social mobility etc.) and education. Social institutions (family, religion, economy, politics) and education. The development of sociology and educational sociology in Turkey (Ziya Gökalp, İsmail Hakkı Baltacıoğlu, Nurettin Topçu, Mümtaz Turhan etc.). Culture and education.

Course Objectives

This course aims to equip students with the knowledge of basic concepts of sociology, pioneers of sociology, the relationship between the field of education and the major sociological theories, social institutions and education, culture and education.

Course Learning Outcomes

 

1. discuss the basic concepts of sociology,
2. evaluate the views of pioneers of sociology on education,
3. analyze the relationship between the field of education and the major sociological theories,
4. interpret the relationship between social processes and education,
5. evaluate the relationship between social institutions and education,
6. discuss the development of sociology and educational sociology in Turkey,
7. analyze the relationship between culture and education.

Course Coordinator:

Dr. Tolga Erdoğan