本課程係以整合社會學的觀點，來探討教育與社會互動關係的專業素養課程。課程設計的架構係運用社會學概念(想像)為基礎，從批判理論的觀點，探討社會情境(社會變遷、文化與國家權力)對教育制度、學校組織與教育過程，以及社會階層對教育機會均與多元文化教育的影響。課程內容從介紹基本的教育社會學概念與理論著手，進而延伸探討如何運用概念與理論觀點，分析上述的教育諸議題。
課程目的是培養學生從社會與教育的視野，觀察、分析教育議題的素養，預備將來從事實際教育工作時的反思與洞識能力，促進教育內容、方式與教育政策制定的合理性，落實對弱勢學生的關懷，與有效提升教育的品質。
課程授課方式包括課堂講授、影片觀賞討論與課堂報告和分享討論。修課學生應於期中組成小組，針對當前國教相關議題進行資料蒐集與整理，並進行期末口頭報告，以增進修課同學對未來教育發展趨勢的掌握能力。

This course is a professional quality course that explores the interaction between education and society from an integrated sociological perspective. The framework of the curriculum design is based on the use of sociological concepts (imagination), and from the perspective of critical theory, it explores the impact of social situations (social change, culture and state power) on the educational system, school organization and educational process, as well as social class on educational opportunities and multicultural education. The content of the course starts with the introduction of basic concepts and theories of educational sociology, and then extends to explore how to use concepts and theoretical perspectives to analyze the above-mentioned educational issues.
The purpose of the course is to cultivate students' ability to observe and analyze educational issues from a social and educational perspective, to prepare students for reflection and insight when engaging in practical education work in the future, to promote the rationality of educational content, methods and educational policy formulation, to implement care for disadvantaged students, and to effectively improve the quality of education.
Course teaching methods include classroom lectures, video viewing discussions, class reports and sharing discussions. Students taking the course should form a group mid-term to collect and organize information on current issues related to national education, and give an oral report at the end of the term to enhance the students' ability to grasp future education development trends.

周新富，2016，教育社會學。台北：五南出版社。(必備)

Zhou Xinfu, 2016, Sociology of Education. Taipei: Wunan Publishing House. (required)