Sociology of Education

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Lecture method associated with the use of pedagogical practices that promote independent work of students and their active participation in the learning process, such as discussion of texts or data and conducting group work. 

Learning Outcomes

This curricular unit is mainly intended to contribute to the development of a "sociological look" at the reality of education, seeking to promote a reflection and critical analysis on the social dimension of education and its complexity. This curricular unit is intended also to contribute to the development of research and intervention competence in the educational field for the promotion of a more inclusive and equitable society.

Learning outcomes:

Recognize the social dimension of education and its complexity.

Analyze educational phenomena as social phenomena.

Understand the specificity of the main perspectives of sociological analysis of education and essential issues.

Critically and reflexively analyze studies, data and intervention proposals in diverse educational contexts.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The unity of the social and the diversity of Social Sciences. Education and society. The social dimension of education. The diversity of educational and training contexts: formal, non formal and informal. Sociology of education – evolution and perspectives.

2. Schools and schooling evolution in the second half of the 20th century.The emergence of the mass school and the promises of development, social mobility and equality. The structural-functionalist approach and human capital theory.

3. New ecomomic and social order and the "time of uncertainties".   Educational inequalities and social inequalities .The reproduction theories and the  interpretive approaches.

4- Educvation, diversity, inclusion and equity. Processes and principles of justice.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Other: 30.0%
Mini Tests: 70.0%

Bibliography

Azevedo, J. (2000) O ensino secundário na Europa. Ed Asa

Beltrán, J., & Hernandez F. (2011) Sociología de la educación. McGraw-Hill.

Canário, R. (2005). O que é a Escola? Um “olhar sociológico”. Porto Editora.

Carmo, R et al. (org) (2018) Desigualdades sociais. Portugal e a Europa. Mundos Sociais

Dubet, F. (2019). Desigualdades educacionais: estruturas, processos e modelos de justiça. Jornal de Políticas Educacionais. (13), 46, 1-26

Nogueira, C., & Nogueira, M. (2002). A sociologia da educação de Pierre Bourdieu: Limites e contribuições. Educação e Sociologia, 23 (78), 15-35.

Schneider B. (ed.). (2018) Handbook of the Sociology of Education in the 21st Century. Springer, Cham.

Seabra, T. (2009) Desigualdades escolares e desigualdades sociais. Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas, 59,75-106

UNESCO (2020) GEMR 2020 Inclusion and Education. Unesco

Young, M (2016) Por que o conhecimento é importante para as escolas do século XXI? Cadernos de Pesquisa, 46(159)18.