The ideas of educational sociologists on Turkish education system

This study aims to define the ideas of educational sociologists about Turkish education system and their contribution to the discipline of educational sociology. The study was built upon the ideas of five sociologists, who represent other educational sociologists, about education which presented in their books and articles.The study contains analyzes about a lot of problems and subjects of education. Among these problems and subjects are; sociological theory of education, social aims and functions of education, social stratification and mobility, families and schools which are the important components of education, socialization, social change and integration, the system and problems of teacher training program in Turkey, alienation in education and violence, brain drain, equality of opportunities in education, new paradigms in education and assessment on Turkish education system. Besides, it searches the solutions which they suggested for the problems of education faced today, how the rapid scientific and technical developments affected and formed the education in Turkey nowadays.Traditional education concepts in some societies should have been renewed due to not being suitable to changing social circumstances. Therefore each society has to develop educational systems and policies according to their circumstances. Rapid scientific and technological developments force this. Educational sociology affects the future of society considering educational policies and administration, the aims and contents of educational system, social identity, social development and educational improvement. Moreover, considering the number of people who are in education, it affects almost the whole society. Because of discipline having these indicators, the study becomes more important.The study is a collection of ideas of educational sociologists and does not present any approach, frame and idea about systemic dimension.