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.
Ritzer and Goodman identify eight positive contributions that Comte made to sociology: 1  Comte coined the term sociology and may be viewed as its founder. 2  Comte thought of sociology as a positivistic science. 3  He elaborated four methods of sociology. 4  He distinguished social statics from social dynamics.