Education as a social factor.. Educational Sociology. Education vs social change

1. -Presented by,
Juin Mondal
Roll: 07
M.Ed (2nd Semester)
Session: 2018-2020
Paper:
WBUTTEPA

2. • Education:
According to John Dewey, “Education is the process of
living through a continuous reconstruction of experiences. It is
the development of all those capacities in the individual which will
enable him to control his environment and fulfil his possibilities.”
• Social Change:
According to Miller, “Social
change refers to a pattern of social
relationship in a given social setting,
which exhibits changes over some definite
period of time.”

3. Nature of Social Change :
The main characteristics of the nature of social change are as follows:
 Social change is a universal phenomenon
 Speed of social change is continuous, but not uniform
 Social change is planned & unplanned change:
 Temporal
 Create chain reaction
 Interaction of member of factor

4. Factors of social change :
The main factors causing social change are as follows,
 Educational factors
 Time factors
 Biological factors
 Environmental factors
 Psychological factors
 Political factors
 Economic factors
 Demographic factors
 Social factors

5. Relationship between Education & Social Change:
In the words of Francis J. Brown, “ Education is the
process which brings about changes in behaviour of society.”
We can elaborate the relationship in three ways,
 Education as a condition of social change;
 Education as a instrument of social change;
 Education as a result of social change.

6. Imparts knowledge
Protects eternal values
Promotes capacity to
welcome changes
Spread of knowledgeDemocratic values
Transmission of culture Unity & integration
Evaluates social changes

7. Conclusion:
Thus, education brings changes in the society & social
changes brings changes in education. In short, the cycle of
“social change through education” and “ education
through social change” always goes in a progressive
society.