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1. EducationandSocialChange
UNIT IV: SCHOOL AS A SOCIAL INSTITUTION

2. Sociologistsdefinesocialchangeas
changesinhumaninteractionsand
relationshipsthattransformculturaland
socialinstitutions.

3. AccordingtoM.E.Jones,“Socialchangeis
atermusedtodescribevariationsinor
modificationsofanyaspectofsocial
processes,socialpatterns,socialinteraction
orsocialorganization”.

4. The International Encyclopedia of the Social
Science looks at social change as the change
in the social structure, or in the pattern of
action and interaction in societies.

5. ❖Social change is universal
❖Speed of social change is related to time factor
❖Speed of social change is unequal and comparative
❖Social change is an essential law
❖Social change may be planned or unplanned
❖Social change may be short term or long term
❖Social change lacks definite prediction
❖Social change is a community change
❖Social change is the result of the interaction of various factors

6. ❑Discovery
❑Inventions
❑Diffusion
Sociologists propose that social change take place basically in one or more of the following three
ways:
There are both endogenous (internal to the society concerned) and exogenous (external to the
society) factors influencing social change. The following are the important factors contributing to
social change:
❑Geography, Population and Ecology
❑Technology
❑Values and Beliefs
❑Culture
❑Ideological Factors
❑Psychological Factors

7. Therelationshipofeducationwithsocialchangeisnot
asimple,unilateralone,asperhapsmanywouldliketo
believe,foreducationisnotonlyinstrumentalin
bringingaboutsocialchange,itisalsoquite
interestinglyinstrumentalinmaintainingthestatus
quo.Inotherwords,educationplayswitha
‘conservative’andradicalrole,i.e.,ithelpsbothin
‘maintaining’andchangingdifferentaspectsofthe
socialsystem

8. ❖Education prepares the individual for social change
❖Education is considered as a powerful instrument for social change,
because it deals mainly with the thought patterns and behavior
patterns of younger generations.
❖The axe of education can cut down the thick roots of traditional
superstitions, ignorance and backwardness. Education prepares the
people for social change.

9. ❖The changes caused by the political disorder, industrialization,
technological progress and religious reform movements naturally
demands more education in order to maintain social equilibrium.
❖Education creates the social reformers and leaders who
consciously make all the efforts to bring about social changes

10. Thankyou!