Dr.SarammaMathew
Auguste Comte : 1839 –
father of sociology
sociology is application of
scientific method in the study of
the relationship between the
society & individual.
Herbert Spencer: 1876
‘Principles of sociology’
which was responsible
development in
sociological studies
Frederic Leplay: laid stress on scientific & objective study of
sociology.
Walter Smith (1917) published for the first time a book with
the title introduction to educational sociology
Brookover and Gottlieb in their book sociology of education
consider education as process of teaching and learning
expected patterns of human conduct
Emile Durkheim: (1922)
He considered education to be
something essentially social
in character, in its origin & its
functions & that as a result
the theory of education relates
more clearly to sociology than
to any other science
George Payne(1928) the father of educational
sociology in his book principle of educational
sociology discussed the effect of education upon
group life and the effect of group life upon
education He also laid emphasis on the study of
all those social things which influence human
beings in their growth and development.
John Dewy
in his book school and
society and democracy and
education laid great
importance on educational
sociology and regarded
education as a social process.