Sociology of education is the study of how social institutions and individual experiences influence education and its outcomes. It examines education as an agent for transmitting culture from one generation to the next. The sociology of education also studies the functional importance of education and explores the relationships between school organization, social structures like social class and family, and neighborhoods. It aims to understand how the interplay between these social forces and the internal operations of schools shapes students' capacity to be educated.

1. SOCIOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVE

2. Sociology of education
 Meaning of Education Sociology:
 The study of social problems
 The study of society, social institutions, and social
relationships
 Social mean community, and ol·o·gy A subject of
study; a branch of knowledge

3. Definition of EDUCATIONAL
SOCIOLOGY
1. The study of human social behavior, especially the study of
the organization, institutions, and development of human
society.
2. Sociology is the study of human social life, groups and
societies. It is a dazzling and compelling enterprise, having as
its subject matter our own behaviour as social beings.
(Giddens) (1989)
3. Sociology is the study of the social lives of humans, groups
and societies. It concerns itself with the social rules and
processes that bind and separate people not only as
individuals, but as members of associations, groups, and
institutions.

4. Sociology of education:
concept
The sociology of education is the study of how social institutions
and individual experiences affect education and its outcome.
Education is It is concerned with all forms of education formal
and informal education systems of modern industrial societies .
It is most concerned with the public schooling systems of
modern industrial societies, including the expansion
of higher, further and adult , education.
Sociology of education' studies 'education' as an agent of
transmission of culture. It studies the functional importance of
education also.

5. It makes studies of school organization and the
relation between schools and social structure,
especially social class, family and neighborhood. The
interaction of these social forces with the internal
organization of school is explored in order to find out
the social determines of educability.

6. It makes studies of school organization and the
relation between schools and social structure,
especially social class, family and neighborhood. The
interaction of these social forces with the internal
organization of school is explored in order to find out
the social determines of educability.