Education of children. On the need for a new sociological perspective of theorizing and research
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6401-2023-1-82-93
Abstract
The article consistently analyzes the existing definitions of education presented in the socio-humanities. The past definitions of education in various sciences are critically considered. The importance of the sociology of education is highlighted as a separate discipline that studies education as a social institution, its functions and interrelation with other institutions, establishments implementing social policy in this area of education.
The author highlights new aspects of the transformation of education at the beginning of the 21st century (the emergence of new children born digital, the transformation of child-parent relations and the role of the family in education, the changed tasks of schools and teachers, new functions of the media and the Internet, the need for special educational institutions to implement the educational function of the state, etc.) stimulating the development of the theory of education in sociology and methodologies for the study of child rearing.
About the Author
E. A. Kolosova
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Elena A. Kolosova, Cand. of Sci. (Sociology) bld. 6, Miusskaya Square, Moscow, 125047
Russian Federation
Elena A. Kolosova, Cand. of Sci. (Sociology) bld. 6, Miusskaya Square, Moscow, 125047
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Kolosova E.A. Education of children. On the need for a new sociological perspective of theorizing and research. RSUH/RGGU BULLETIN. Series Philosophy. Social Studies. Art Studies. 2023;(1):82-93. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6401-2023-1-82-93
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