The History of the Development of Educational Sociology

Abstract

The purpose of education is to help individuals develop their best abilities and provide them with the capacity to pursue their dreams according to their talents and skills. However, some people doubt whether the education system can achieve this goal. Some challenges faced in schools include the uneven access to educational resources and the lack of effective coordination in student development. Additionally, sociology is often taught in schools even though it is not always immediately embraced by students. Nevertheless, it is important to realize that education has the potential to evolve and show achievement. This potential can be realized through sociological research methods such as Library Research, a qualitative approach that gathers information from various sources like books, journals, documents, magazines, stories, and historical records available in libraries. The purpose of this article is to study the development of the science of educational sociology in relation to the advancement of social sciences. In the 19th century, sociology strengthened itself as an independent discipline. In 1916, New York and Columbia universities established departments of educational sociology. In 1917, the first sociology textbook was published by Walter R. Smith. In 1923, the educational sociology organization was formed through the American sociology congress. In Indonesia, the educational sociology course first appeared in 1967 and was included in the curriculum of the Didactics and Curriculum Department at the Faculty of Education, IKIP Yogyakarta. Some figures in the field of educational sociology include (a) Lester Frank Wood (b) John Dewey (c) Emile Durkheim (d) Karl Mannheim (e) Talcott Parsons (f) E George Payne.