How can items A and B be used to illustrate the view that education helps to unite members of society?
Education helps unite its members in various forms ranging from teaching the history of their country to teaching children specialised skills. The typical sociological term used for uniting members of society is known as ‘social solidarity’. Item A shows typical American school children pledging loyalty to their flag and country. Similarly to this, Item B is showing a picture of Davy Crockett accompanied with some text explaining his heroic actions for his country. Looking closely at Item A we can see that they are all pledging loyalty to their country in the classroom which gives them a sense of social solidarity because, as the Functionalist Emile Durkheim suggested, they will feel part of a nation. Durkheim stated that social solidarity is based on ‘essential similarities’ between members of society. One of the main functions of education is to develop these similarities and so bind members of society together. Pledging allegiance to their flag is binding the children together as members of society as they all have common traits, for example, they share the pride they have for their country. This is because USA has a population drawn from all over the world and a common educational system has helped to weld this diverse mass into a nation providing them with common norms and values. Item B shows that a shared history provides children in education with social solidarity because they are learning the history of their country and look up to these heroes. Durkheim sees a common history as vital for uniting members of society. Again American school children grow up with stories of their founders and their country’s heroes e.g. Davy Crockett who “was elected three times as a Congressman”. With a shared history, people feel part of a wider social group – it is their country made up of people like themselves. In this way, education contributes to the development of social solidarity. Items A and B have their similarities and differences. Item A like Item B are showing how education teaches children to unite. They do this through simple things the children have in
argues that the two main ideas of education is social solidarity and specialists skills he suggests these are both essential for society and the world of work. Social solidarity is when the children have a sense of belonging and commitment so that people co-operate and don’t be selfish in society. Specialist’s skills is when education teaches us what we need to know for society and the world of work. Item A sums up Durkheim’s theory “it performs vital social functions, including transmitting shared norm…
“Treat social facts as things” is an expression that epitomises the works of Emile Durkheim. This essay focuses on four main sociological concepts proposed by the functionalist Emile Durkheim; the division of labour; mechanical and organic solidarity; anomie and suicide, and examines their relevance in contemporary society. Along with Marx and Weber, Durkheim is considered one of the founding members of modern sociology. He is also credited with making sociology a science through his application…
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religion in simpler societies produced social solidarity and a source of moral unity. Durkheim described this as an aspect of mechanical solidarity based on a powerful collective conscience (Pope and Johnson, 1983). Modern society needed a set of collective beliefs and practices that had special authority, and in modern society Durkheim believed this was the cult of the individual. According to Stones (2008), Durkheim believed that the mechanical solidarity evident in more primitive societies…
functions it performs to meet society’s needs. Durkheim identified two main functions of education: creating social solidarity and specialist skills. Durkheim argues that society needs a sense of solidarity, and that without solidarity, social life and cooperation would be impossible because each individual would pursue their own selfish desires. The educations system helps to create social solidarity by transmitting society’s culture, values and beliefs onto the next generation. Also, school acts as a…
opposed to a rational social-contract. Examined the effects of the division of labor on social solidarity. The degree to which people felt an emotional sense of belonging to others and to a group. Two types of Social Solidarity. 1. Mechanical Solidarity Relations based on primary group interactions. Strong emotional bonds. Simple and limited division of labor. Strong behavioral norms. Solidarity grows from sameness; results in collective conscience. 2. Organic Solidarity Broad division of…
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