An Analysis on the Development of the Sociology of Education in Turkey


One of the discussions in the literature is that sociology of education is a sub-discipline of educational sciences, as well as a discipline that deals with and examines the issues and problems related to “education” with the methods and approaches of sociology. In this context, it can be said that the definition and limits of sociology of education have become controversial and ambiguous. The present study examined the development of sociology of education at higher education level in Turkey. It is aimed with this study to introduce the development of sociology of education at higher education level in Turkey, from the beginnings of Meşrutiyet until today, by investigating faculties, institutes, journals and courses which have important roles in the institutional developments of both the sociology and educational sciences. It is a historical research. The data was analyzed according to the descriptive analysis approach. As a result of the study, it is realized that although sociologist claim that sociology of education is a sub-discipline of sociology, the field historically placed and developed in the field of educational sciences in Turkey. It is found that there isn’t supporting documents that the academic structuring of the Sociology Departments includes sociology of education related studies in well-known universities in Turkey. Both in Istanbul University Faculty of Literature, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Economics and in Ankara University Faculty of Languages, History and Geography (DTCF), and their academic structuring in sociology departments, institutes, publications, courses there aren’t “sociology of education”. In Turkey, academic improvement of the sociology of education continued within educational sciences since 1965, with foundation of Faculty of Educational Sciences in Ankara University. Although sociology of education, as an interdisciplinary field of study, uses methods, techniques and data from sociology; it is institutionalized more in the field of educational sciences rather than sociology in Turkey.


Keywords


Sociology, educational sciences, sociology of education, educational sociology, university.

Author : Cengiz ASLAN
Number of pages: 1499-1520
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29228/TurkishStudies.42987
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Turkish Studies-Educational Sciences
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