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.
In 1887 at the University of Bordeaux, Ãmile Durkheim was reluctantly given the title âChargÃ©d'un Cours de Science Sociale et de PÃ©dagogie,â which loosely translates to Professor of Social Science. It was under this guise that sociology first entered the French university system.