Course Objective
This course seeks to equip engineering undergraduates with interdisciplinary analytical tools to critically understand ‘education’ as a key social institution. It aims to build among students a comprehensive understanding of how education shapes, and is shaped by, multiple other social institutions in contemporary world. Using classical texts from sociology, educational research, history, and policy studies, students will be able to situate concepts related to learning, aspirations, mobility, achievement, inequality across diverse social and political contexts.
Faculty
Course Content
Schools and socialization; Banking system of education; Historical perspectives on education in India; Textbook culture in education; Social stratification and education; Marriage and educational aspirations; Education and technology: Policy perspectives and global comparisons