Published: 2018-04-06

General pedagogy and general sociology

Sławomir Banaszak
Pedagogical Forum
Section: Topic
https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2018.1.10

Abstract

Pedagogy as a science of human education and sociology as the scientific study of human society are related fields of social sciences. They share a long and rich tradition. Not only did Florian Znaniecki reflect on the two disciplines, but similarly did Emile Durkheim, the father of academic sociology. Similarities apply to theoretical approaches and research fields and contexts. General sociology is simply theoretical sociology, it is an attempt to develop a general theory of society. In the case of pedagogy, the aspirations reach probably a bit further, as they involve some kind of metathought on the processes of education in society, which additionally is endowed with a methodological imperative, as well as reflections on the condition of modern man. The author attempts to analyse the status of both "general" disciplines within the two disciplines of social sciences in terms of similarities and differences. The integration of selected issues is revealed.

Keywords:

theory, general pedagogy, theoretical sociology, methodology of social sciences

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Banaszak, S. (2018). General pedagogy and general sociology. Pedagogical Forum, 8(1), 135–146. https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2018.1.10

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