EDUS240 EDUCATIONAL SOCIOLOGY 
    
       | Course Code: | 
       3680240 | 
    
    
       | METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 
       2(2-0) | 
    
    
       | ECTS Credit: | 
       3.0 | 
    
    
       | Department: | 
       Educational Sciences | 
    
    
       | Language of Instruction: | 
       English | 
    
    
       | Level of Study: | 
       Undergraduate | 
    
    
       | Course Coordinator: | 
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       | Offered Semester: | 
       Fall Semesters. | 
    
Course Content
The basic concepts of sociology: Society. social structure. social fact. social event. and so on.; the pioneers of sociology (Ibn-I Haldun. A. Comte. K. Marx. E. Durkheim. M. Weber. and so on) and their educational viewpoints; education in terms of the basic sociological theories (pragmatism. constructivism. symbolic interactionism. conflict theory. critical theory. phenomenology and ethnomethodology); social processes (socialization. social stratification. social mobility. social change. and so on) and education; social institutions (family. religion. economy. politics) and education; the development of sociology and educational sociology in Turkey (Ziya Gökalp. Ýsmail Hakký Baltacýoðlu. Nurettin Topçu. Mümtaz Turhan. and so on); culture and education; school as a social. cultural. ethical system and community.