Annotation
Sociology of education, its development and main schools of thought. Orientation of research.
Macrosocial factors of education ? the social structure of society, the national and ethnical structure of society, political system and economical factors. The development of society, modernisation (technological development, urbanisation, changes of family) and socialisation.
Culture and socialisation.
The relationship between the social and the natural in the socialization process. Demographic factors of education. The constitution of corporeality. Gender.
Organisational, institutional and group aspects of education. Microsociological aspects (family, peer groups).
School and class.
The place, role, function and profession of teacher and educator.
Studies, study routes. The democratization of the access to education.
University and higher-education students.
Socio-economical problems (poverty, unemployment, social gaps) of the youth, career prospects of graduates.
The formation of personality in the sociological perspective. Values, opinion formation, attitudes.
Life stages. Sociological perspective of childhood.
The youth. Generations.
Youth subcultures. The protest against the world of adults. National and ethnical conflicts (anti-Semitism, relationship towards Romanies and towards foreigners).
Free time, the influence of media. The problems of violence in media.
Sociological perspective of school. The democratization of the access to education.
Sociological perspective of the teaching profession.
Social deviation of children and youth. Criminality, prostitution, alcoholism and drug addiction. Suicides. Threatened children.