Curriculum in Schools. S. choolisaboutlearningthevalues,norms,rituals,symbols,and. designated knowledge of the dominant groups in power in any. particular society.There are always many histories that exist in any. given nation, and all of them are not always recognized or taught in. the schools.
The thoughts of Auguste Comte (1798-1857), who coined the term sociology, while dated and riddled with weaknesses, continue in many ways to be important to contemporary sociology.
Socialism and the Sociology Theory. In his younger years, Comte was heavily influenced by a utopian socialist theorist by the name of Henri de Saint-Simon. He worked for several years with Saint-Simon as a secretary and a collaborator, eventually parting ways over an authorship dispute.