Answer to Question #308994 in Sociology for Lungelo

Question

Briefly state what sociology of education as discipline entails

Answer 1

The sociology of education is the study of how public institutions and individual experiences affect education and its outcomes. It is mostly concerned with the public schooling systems of modern industrial societies, including the expansion of higher, further, adult, and continuing education. Educational sociology focuses attention on the social factors that both cause and are caused by education.