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Sociology of Education - HED4809

Honours Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: The purpose of the module is to provide qualifying students with a strong theoretical understanding of the social nature of education as a process and schooling as an evolving social construct to maximise opportunities for teaching and learning by means of social interaction, evident in sociology of education. The module will also serve as a framework for the analysis of social change in the South African schooling system, while participating in complex societal discourses and implementing evidence based solutions linked to theory-driven arguments.