Education has always been primarily viewed as an optimistic human endeavour characterized by acceptations for progress and betterment. The purpose of education is to develop every individual to their full potential and grant them a chance to achieve as much in life as their natural abilities allow. It is seen as a means of overcoming handicaps, achieving greater social equality and wealth and status of all, and as as institutions within which children can develop according to their unique needs and potentialities. This book takes an erudite, balanced approach towards understanding what the sociological foundation of education entails. Though comprehensive, incisive discussions and discourses on sociological theories that pertain to education, it delineates all that has been understood and propounded by eminent sociologists. The emphasis is on understanding how social institutions like family, marriage, community, etc, impact the educational process in different parts of the world, how they have worked though different historical epochs and how they should ideally be like. Within this context, some important educational philosophies and theories have been detailed meticulously, so as to foster a deeper understanding of all that make up for the sociological foundations of education. Meticulous and informative, the book serves well for all those who read it.
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