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UNIT II
SOCIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION

MODULE 4
INSTITUTIONAL GROUP AGERCIES FOR EDUCATION

Objective:

 To identify the different institutional group agencies for education and understand

their contributions to the learning process and development of the learners.

I. FAMILY - the basic unit in society traditionally consisting of two parents rearing their
children.

A. Structure

1.Conjugal - is a nuclear family that may consist of a married couple and their children (by

birth or adoption) or a couple who are unmarried or underage.

2.Consanguine - is a family whereby the nuclear family lives with other relatives under one
roof.

B. Number of Spouses

1. Monogamy - is a form of relationship in which an individual has only one partner during
their lifetime—alternately, only one partner at any one time —as compared to non-
monogamy.

2. Polygamy - is the practice of marrying multiple spouses. When a man is married to more
than one wife at a time, sociologists call this polygyny. When a woman is married to more

than one husband at a time, it is called polyandry.

2.a Polyandry - is a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two or more husbands at the
same time.

2.b Polygamy - is the practice of marrying multiple spouses. When a man is married to more
than one wife at a time, sociologists call this polygyny.

2.c Cenogamy - is that type of marriage in which a group of men marry a group of women.

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