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Social Sciences
for Educators
are growing up in did not emerge from nowhere. This program is a study
intensive analyzing the relationship between society,
history and education.
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Why Social Sciences for Educators.
Understand the world your students are inheriting
- Capitalism
- Digital Technology
- Mental Health
See the bigger picture behind your school.
- Politics
- Economics
- History
- Education
Question what you've been taught to take for granted.
- Decolonial perspectives
- Non-Western sources of knowledge
Read the thinkers who challenge the system.
- Paulo Freire
- Michael Apple
- Neil Postman
- Jonathan Haidt
Education doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Schools are shaped by history, by power, by economic structures, and by the media environments. Most professional development ignore these contexts entirely.
This program doesn’t.
Over six (6) sessions, participants engage with the foundational ideas of the Social Sciences and trace their implications for curriculum, pedagogy, and the organizational life of schools. The program covers four interconnected areas: Social Sciences and Education, Education and Inequality, Power and Knowledge, and Media, Technology and Society.
It is intellectually serious, practically grounded, and designed for educators who want to think more rigorously about the enterprise they are part of.
It is expected that by the end of this course participants would be able to:
SESSION 1
The Sociological Imagination
- The Social Sciences: Why does it matter?
- Socialization: Schools as Agencies of Socialization
- Cultivating the Sociological Imagination
Texts/Scholars: Anthony Giddens, C Wright Mills
SESSION 2
Social Sciences and Education
- Modernity and Capitalism
- Karl Marx on Capitalism
- Capitalism & Education
Texts/Scholars: Ken Morrison
SESSION 3
How we know what we know
- Positivism and Empiricism
- Scientific Rationality and the Intellectual Iron Cage
- The Epistemic Shift
Texts/Scholars: August Comte & Max Weber
SESSION 4
Power and Knowledge – I
- Eurocentrism by Samir Amin
- Orientalism by Edward Said
- Non-Western Approaches to Education: Ibn Khaldun & Al Ghazali
Texts/Scholars: Timothy Reagan, Ibn Khaldun.
SESSION 5
Power and Knowledge - II
- Can Education Change Society?
- Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Texts / Scholars: Michael Apple & Paulo Freire
SESSION 6
Media, Technology and Society
- Technopoly: Surrender of Culture to Technology.
- Media as Epistemology
- The Anxious Generation
Texts/Scholars: Neil Postman and Jonathan Haidt
Facilitator
Abdul Haseeb
Educational Consultant – Curriculum Design, Educational Leadership and Pedagogy
- Worked in Pakistan, Lebanon and Qatar.
- MA International Development – University of Warwick, UK
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FAQs
Do I need an academic background in Social Sciences?
Not at all. The program is designed to be accessible to educators without a prior background in the discipline. Texts are introduced with context, and sessions are structured to build understanding progressively.
Is this program relevant to my school context?
Yes, absolutely. The program is deliberately designed to connect Social Science concepts to the realities of schools. Whether you work in a large urban school or a smaller community school, the frameworks here will sharpen how you see your context.
How are sessions delivered?
All sessions are held live online. Sessions are collaborative and interactive, not passive listening. You’ll also have access to resources and notes between sessions via Google Classroom.
Will I receive a certificate?
Yes. Participants who complete the program receive a Certificate of Completion from Edwise.