Unstructured Participant Observation of Sociology of Education in Hungary (1970–2015)

Author(s):

Mihály Csákó(presenting / submitting)

Conference:

ECER 2015

Network:

28. Sociologies of Education

Format:

Paper

Session Information

28 SES 01, The Sociology of Education in Hungary: Keynote

Paper Session

Time:

2015-09-08

13:15-14:45

Room:

106.Oktatóterem [C]

Chair:

Paolo Landri

Contribution

As a member of the first not entirely autodidact generation of Hungarian sociologists I started my carrier in the field of sociology of education. This field was closely related to the study of social structure and mobility in the new born – or reborn – sociology in this country. In this lecture I give an overview of the development of this sub-discipline: changes in research interest, institutionalisation, methodology, relationship to politics, social embeddedness, and international relationships – from the sixties up to our days. Sometimes from inside and sometimes from the periphery of the field I collected my impressions and convictions I plan to share with the audience. Younger colleagues in sociology of education might find more difficult to build their way as researchers than my generation did I think.

Method

Unstructured participant observation, autobiographical remarks

Expected Outcomes

Measured by theoretical ambitions, the sociology of education descends from a central position in sociology to a rather pragmatic application of theories to everyday problems of the education - while maintaining reliable international relationships, built since the 70s.

References

Three social science disciplines in Central and Eastern Europe : handbook on economics, political science and sociology (1989 - 2001) / Social Science Information Centre (IZ) ; Collegium Budapest. Ed. by. Max Kaase and Vera Sparschuh Bajomi - Biró - Hrubos - Lukács: A magyar oktatáskutatás térképéhez (The mapping of Hungarian educational research), Oktatáskutató Intézet, Budapest, 2002. Mirjana Ule: The Reconstruction of Sociology in Eastern Europe—Expectations and Dilemmas, Sociology Mind, 2014, 4, 264-271 (Published Online October 2014 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/sm http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/sm.2014.44027)

Author Information

Mihály Csákó (presenting / submitting)

John Wesley Theological College

Education

Vác

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