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.
Lesson Summary. Auguste Comte was a French philosopher who founded sociology, or the scientific study of society. He believed in positivism, which is the idea that only scientific truth is the real truth.