Sociology history and biography sociology of education

Study of how public institutions and individual experiences affect education and its outcomes

The sociology of education is the study of how public institutions and individual experiences affect education and its outcomes.

It is mostly concerned with the public schooling systems of modern industrial societies, including the expansion of higher, further, adult, and continuing education.^[1]

Education is seen as a fundamentally optimistic human endeavour characterised by aspirations for progress and betterment.^[2] It is understood by many to be a means of overcoming handicaps, achieving greater equality, and acquiring wealth and social status.^[3] Education is perceived as a place where children can develop according to their unique needs and potential.^[2] Not only can children develop, but young and older adults too.

Social interaction between people through education can always further development no matter what a