Synopses & Reviews
The great French sociologist and philosopher Emile Durkheim is best known for his classic book Suicide (1897), a landmark in social psychology. Among his other major works is this study in the sociology of education, which features 18 lectures by an influential theorist who discusses his ideas on the school as the appropriate setting for moral education. The first element in developing a moral being, he maintains, is instilling a sense of discipline, followed by a willingness to behave in terms of the group's collective interest, and a sense of autonomy. Durkheim also examines discipline and the psychology of the child, discipline of the school and the use of punishment, altruism in the child, the influence of the school environment, and the teaching of science, aesthetics, and history. Perceptive and provocative, this volume abounds in valuable insights for teachers and others involved in education.
Synopsis
Eighteen lectures by an influential theorist who discusses school as an appropriate setting for moral education. A pioneer of sociology, Durkheim explains the first element in fostering morality as the development of a sense of discipline, followed by a willingness to behave in accordance with collective interest, and a sense of autonomy.
Synopsis
18 lectures by an influential theorist who discusses school as an appropriate setting for moral education. A pioneer of sociology, Durkheim explains the first element in fostering morality as the development of a sense of discipline, followed by a willingness to behave in accordance with collective interest, and a sense of autonomy.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Paul Fauconnet
Preface
1. Introduction: Secular Morality
Part I: The Elements of Morality
2. The First Element of Morality: The Spirit of Discipline
3. The Spirit of Discipline (CONTINUED)
4. The Spirit of Discipline (CONCLUDED); and the Second Element of Morality: Attachment to Social Groups
5. Attachment to Social Groups (CONTINUED)
6. Attachment to Social Groups (CONCLUDED); and the Linkage of the First Two Elements
7. "Conclusions on the First Two Elements of Morality; and the Third Element: Autonomy, or Self-Determination"
8. "Autonomy, or Self-Determination (CONCLUDED)"
Part II: How to Develop the Elements of Morality in the Child
9. Discipline and the Psychology of the Child
10. The Discipline of the School
11. The Use of Punishment in the School
12. The Use of Punishment in the School (CONTINUED)
13. The Use of Punishment in the School (CONCLUDED); and the Meaning and Uses of Rewards
14. Attachment to the Social Groups: Altruism in the Child
15. The Influence of the School Environment
16. The School Environment (CONCLUDED); and Teaching the Sciences
17. Teaching the Sciences (CONCLUDED)
18. Teaching Aesthetics and History