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A 5 page research paper that examines four article son education. In general, examinations of schools, teaching and curriculum, look specifically at these topics; however, this approach to understanding how these factors work in synergy together to prepare the next generation of citizens for their place in society overlooks the social forces that are also at work in education. This examination of this topic looks at four essays by leading and historic educator/ researchers and how they perceive the role of socialization in today's educational environment. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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next generation of citizens for their place in society overlooks the social forces that are also at work in education. The following examination of this topic looks at four essays
by leading and historic educator/ researchers and how they perceive the role of socialization in todays educational environment. First of all, nineteenth century pioneer sociologist Emile Durkheim expresses perfectly
in his writing the traditional view of education and classroom discipline in his essay entitled "Moral Education." He sees classroom discipline as not only necessary to the decorum of the
classroom and, therefore, something that is instituted for the convenience of the teacher, but also presents the idea that the classroom is society in microcosm. As this indicates, Durkheims
primary consideration is for the classroom as a socializing agent, which serves to indoctrinate students into their productive role as citizens in a specific society. Realizing that children come from
different backgrounds, he regards it as inevitable that inequalities will occur; however, he asserts that it is the primary responsibility of the educational system to prepare children to take on
adult responsibilities. Therefore, Durkeim argues that teachers should intentionally pattern their classrooms and discipline to mirror what will be faced in adult society. Classroom discipline, in Durkheims view is analogous
to the responsibilities and obligations that students will encounter as adults. Durkheim states that as the "class is a small society," the obligations that the classroom presents are equivalent to
the "civic or professional obligations imposed by state or corporation" on adults (Durkheim 28). This view is certainly legitimate and still holds true today in many ways; however, it is,
basically, a substantiation of the paradigm that has white teachers running classrooms according the standards of white, mainstream society. While Durkheim is right in that there are advantages to this
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