This volume explores Durkheim's place in modern educational thought at three different levels: * Durkheim's ideas on education are analyzed and placed in the context of modern society * current educational issues are explored using a Durkheimian framework * Durkheim's thought is related to that of modern educational theorists to reveal his enduring influence In discussing Durkheim's modern relevance, the contributors stress his desire to integrate the practical and theoretical aspects of education. They identify particular pertinence in his focus upon the moral base of education and his insistence upon the importance of the social and society.

About the Author

Geoffrey Walford is Reader in Education Policy and a Fellow of Green College at the University of Oxford. His publications include Privatization and Privilege in Education (1990) and, as editor, Doing Educational Research (1991).
W. S. F. Pickering helped to found the British Centre for Durkheimian Studies at the University of Oxford in 1991 and is currently its General Secretary. His latest publications with Routledge include Debating Durkheim (edited with H. Martins, 1995) and On Durkheim's Elementary Forms of Religious Life (co-edited with N. J. Allen and W. Watts Miller, 1998).

Book Information
ISBN 9780415181686
Author W.S.F. Pickering
Format Hardback
Page Count 246
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 620g