Before I started my reflection on today's topic, it is essential for us, educators to understand the term Sociology and Education itself before discussing it in depth. Sociology comes from the Latin word 'socios' which means 'companion', meanwhile 'logos' in Greek means 'the study of'. Thus, sociology is the study of companionship or social relations. While education means the process of acquiring knowledge through a concrete system. Therefore, the Sociology of Education is a branch of sociology that analyses the issues and problems that arise within society and education. 

Understanding educational sociology helps educators to design strategic educational activities and build effective teaching and learning methods. 

Throughout the session, Dr. Majid explained how, social forces, economic forces, political forces, and technological development affect the students in their education journey. 

On social forces, the study has found that family income, family type, family size, and parents' education play important roles in determining the quality of education received by the children. Based on the research made, most children from the working class (the poor and minority ethnic family) have a less satisfactory level of academic performance, while the children from the rich and middle class have excellent school performance.

Next, on the economic forces, it can be seen that developed and newly industrialized countries could provide a better education for free. On the contrary, the countries with low income and rely on agriculture have fewer opportunities in pursuing education.

Besides, in the political forces, education has been regarded as the main agent for the political socialization of the young into the national political culture. Education has also been a major factor in the selection and training of political leaders. This is not something new, as the interference of politics has occurred since the period of colonial administration.

Last but not least, we also discussed technological development and its effect on education. We cannot deny that technology helps in improving education. For example, better access for the source and self-paced study. However, it also has disadvantages as students can be distracted by other applications or websites on the internet which interfere with their academic performance.