SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION,GENDER AND INCLUNSIVITY

2. Discovery of new ideas and facts

Culture

This term is derived from the German word hzrltur which refers to someone who is well cultivated, schooled or behaved. Ezewu (1983) defines it as the sum total of: human creation which includes what man has made in form of tools, weapons, shelter, material goods, attitudes, beliefs, judgment, institutions, arts, science, philosophy, and social organizations up to the present time. Culture can therefore be viewed as constituting the way of life of an entire society. This includes codes of manners, dress, language, rituals, norms of behaviour and systems of belief.

Social

This means something pertaining or belonging to, associated with or part of the human society.

Society

Society refers to a collectivity of human beings that is capable of self-replenishment through sexual reproduction, recruitment and admission of new members from other societies. It can also refer to a congregation of humans that exhibits complex systems of actions to regulate, protect, defend, unite, nurture and promote the well being and survival of all the members.

Educational sociology

This refers to the study of the social factors that influence and are influenced by all educational structures and processes, both within and between societies.

Social System

In sociology, social system is the patterned network of relationships constituting a coherent whole that exist between individuals, groups, and institutions. It is the formal structure of role and status that can form in a small, stable group

Social Change

Social change, in sociology, the alteration of mechanisms within the social structure, characterized by changes in cultural symbols, rules of behavior, social organizations, or value systems.

Social Structure

Social structure, in sociology, the distinctive, stable arrangement of institutions whereby human beings in a society interact and live together. Social structure is often treated together with the concept of social change, which deals with the forces that change the social structure and the organization of society.