A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE PHENOMENON OF TEACHING

The order of things 1 in society is not simply given to social subjects who teach and learn how social reality actually matters.The social world unites 'teacher' and taught social subjects who receive 'social lessons' throughout their everyday life.The process of socialization goes beyond the boundaries of the intentions to teach and to learn, since social subjects normally have these intentions due to their own willingness to be familiar with the ways of becoming social and gaining social prevalence.The analysis of these intentions discloses a new sociological perspective on the phenomenon of teaching.Transferability of knowledge is important in terms of production and reproduction of the mental structures of society, which are fundamentals of social constructions.The teaching communication resulting from the social interactions of 'teacher' and 'taught social subjects' becomes the paradigm of the social institution of education, which dominates the educational reality of the society.According to Durkheim's interpretation the "educational" within the society cannot be isolated from the "social".Consequently, the phenomenon of teaching in sociological terminologies generally uncovers the social reproduction of socialized knowledge.The communication, comprising of 'teacher and taught social subjects' is crucial in the process of the social construction of reality.Modern sociological theories emphasize the communicational reality of society 2 .Communication is a starting point for the social reality 3 , while teaching in a broader perspective (taking into consideration the massive proportion of educational processes within society) is a basic factor for the formation and organization of society.Knowledge, as every phenomenon within society, cannot be transformable without communication 4 .Henceforth the phenomenon of 'teaching' is the main element of the sociological analysis of education, when represented as a social communication, makes the transformation of socially important knowledge possible.

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