Education is a dynamic process. It change with the changing of socio-political-economic conditions with the explosion of knowledge and with tremendous social change that occurred over the year. This book has been created to provide access to in turn about the sociological aspects of education. Various committees and commissions in India have suggested educational measures conforming to sociolistic pattern of society. The Kothari Commission has suggested ???One of the important social objectives of education is to equalize opportunity, enabling the backward or under-privileged classes and individuals to use education as a lever for the improvement of their condition. Every society that values social justice and is anxious to improve the lot of common man and cultivate all available talent, must ensure progressive equality of opportunity to all sections of population this is the only guarantee for the building up of an egalitarian and human society in which the exploitation of the weak will minimized. This book deals with ???Sociological Foundation of Education???, which discuss various aspects of the subject in 30 chapters. The emphasis has been laid on the nature of educational sociology, education and society, process of socialization, social change, mobility, culture and personality, community, social values, modernization as well as religious and moral values. Due emphasis has been laid on education Science and Technology development, education of the disadvantage groups as well as role of mass-media in modernization and Human Resource Development and Education in social context. This is a reference book for B.Ed., M.Ed., M.A. in Education, M.Phil students and also for the scholars and teachers. This is critical and constructive appraisal of the subject.About the AuthorDr. Omprakash B. Pal (Born 15th June 1974) is working as Assistant Professor in JG College of Education (P.G.). Ahmedabad This College is affiliated to Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He is teaching in M.Ed. Class. He receive his M.A., B.Ed., and Ph.D. from M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodra, M.Ed. From Karnataka State Open University (K.S.O.U.), Mysore, CIC from I.G.N.O.U. and H.D.S.E. From Aptech Computer education, Baroda. He has served various institutions i.e. Aptech Computer education, LCC, NIIT, Asset International, Navrachana College of Education, M.S. University, Baroda. He has guided number of M.Ed. Students for their dissertation and also presented and contributed several research papers and articles for National and State level seminars and published it in various reputed journals.