Education as a process through which a society's way of life is
transmitted to the incoming generation is interactive and takes place
under different environments. Fundamentals of Sociology of Education
with Reference to Africa is about processes, practices, and agencies
involved in socialisation and education, particularly the ways in which
schools, through their teachers, curricula and organisation, influence
the young. Lucy W. Kibera is an Associate Professor of Sociology of
Education at the University of Nairobi. She holds a PhD and a Master of
Education from Kenyatta University; a Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy) and
a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), York University, Canada; and a Bachelor
of Education, Makerere University, Uganda. She has authored several
children's books and has served as Chairperson of Department of
Educational Foundations, University of Nairobi and Dean, School of
Education, University of Nairobi. Angnes Kimokoti has a PhD in Sociology
of Education from Kenyatta University, Nairobi. She was a senior
lecturer in the Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of
Education, University of Nairobi 1997-2002.