The education as socialization in Émile Durkheim

Abstract

This article aims to present the importance of the education subject in the work of the French Sociologist Émile Durkheim. At first, it is intended to show in which way the author, based on a science of education, sees the educational phenomenon as essential for both the maintenance of the social environment and the formation of individuals as members of society. Therefore, according to Durkheim, the educational process has the role of transmitting the sociocultural legacy of certain contexts, resulting in a socialization role that allows the creation of what he calls the social being. Finally, it will be demonstrated how education dialogues directly with the issue of morality and its constitutive elements and how the Durkheimian writings about the subject are a starting point for thinking about current issues and problems about educational processes of our times, such as the theme of diversity.