MORAL EDUCATIONThrough a collection of lectures, Everett K. Wilson translates and comments on Emile Durkheim’s theories and application of the sociology of education. A transcription of eighteen lectures given by Emile Durkheim on evaluating school as an appropriate setting for moral education. A pioneer in of sociology, Durkheim explains the first elements of fostering morality as the development of a sense of discipline, following by a willingness to behave in accordance with collective interest and a sense of autonomy. |
Contents
Secular Morality | 1 |
The Spirit of Discipline | 17 |
The Spirit of Discipline CONTINUED | 33 |
The Spirit of Discipline CONCLUDED and the Second | 47 |
Attachment to Social Groups CONTINUED | 64 |
Attachment to Social Groups CONCLUDED | 80 |
Conclusions on the First Two Elements of Morality | 95 |
Autonomy or SelfDetermination CONCLUDED | 111 |
The Use of Punishment in the School | 158 |
The Use of Punishment in the School CONTINUED | 174 |
The Use of Punishment in the School CONCLUDED and the Meaning and Uses of Rewards | 191 |
Altruism in the Child | 207 |
The Influence of the School Environment | 223 |
The School Environment CONCLUDED and Teaching the Sciences | 237 |
Teaching the Sciences CONCLUDED | 252 |
Teaching Aesthetics and History | 267 |
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