Open AccessSubject Matter of Sociology of Education
Author(s) -
Kaushik Chattopadhyay
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
addaiyan journal of arts humanaties and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-8783
DOI - 10.36099/ajahss.3.7.8
Subject(s) - subject (documents) , subject matter , sociology , epistemology , context (archaeology) , field (mathematics) , sociology of education , social science , relation (database) , state (computer science) , pedagogy , curriculum , philosophy , paleontology , mathematics , algorithm , database , library science , computer science , pure mathematics , biology
The sociology of education is a relatively autonomous subject, because it conducts teaching and research. It is also relatively autonomous in relation to theories and about other fields of investigation. Contemplating present state of thinking, one of the persistent problems of sociology of education is on what grounds sociologists of education can claim that they have a field of their own, distinct from that of general sociologists, anthropologists, psychologists, historians, economists and other groups of specialists. In the discussion of the sociology of education, we observe the discourse of subject matter remains elusive. No thinker states anything properly in this context. But it is not that insignificant. The subject matter of the sociology of education may be explored in three paths where through the historical contribution of the thinkers, published books, journals, and articles as documents of empirical research works, and analytical discussion takes place.