Social objectives in the curricula of teaching Arabic in Algeria A Critical and Assessing Study in the Light of the Sociology of Education

Abstract

     The education system is fundamental for the progress of nations. In order to improve this system, its curricula and teaching methods must be improved. Undoubtedly, societies pay great attention to the education of children and find it challenging with the advent of the information and technological revolution. As a result, in Arab and Islamic societies, different intellectual and scientific trends have emerged seeking to explain the ever-changing human character. So, this study aims at highlighting the role played by the educational system in relation to the parts of social construction, and more precisely, it seeks the role of the Algerian school in achieving educational objectives; the social and cultural ones. It analyzes, therefore, the composition of curricula in Arab society such as identity, language, religion, customs, and traditions. In this research paper, we will try to reveal to what extent social goals are achieved through the contents presented (reading texts as examples), which invite us to ask the following questions: Do they really correspond to the rapid development witnessed by society (Values, customs, and traditions, religion, Arab identity, Amazigh identity...)? And to what extent is the education system effective in investing in the field of educational sociology in the Algerian state? How are the principles of the sociology of education invested in achieving the social integration of the individual? How does the system keep up with the rapid changes in Algerian society?  What are the most important manifestations of an individual's social integration and what are its most important forms? And what are the obstacles to the smooth integration of individuals into their society?