Durkheim's Ideas Of Having Two Teachers

in this respect is to ensure that children are not trained exclusively under the influence of a single milieu, or, still worse, by a single and unique person” (Durkheim, 1961, pg.144). There are a few reasons this idea of having one teacher could have; first, the child would not be well socialized with different adults and people in general, and second, the child would start to develop mannerisms that the teacher has and would be a similar copy to that individual. Therefore, the child would have not developed their own personality; “If, as was recently proposed for our secondary schools, the child remains for several years’ subject to the influence of one and the same instructor, he must necessarily become a slavish copy of the one model placed constantly before him” (Durkheim, 1961, pg.145). This goes back to the idea of …show more content…
Thus, having multiple teachers throughout one’s lifetime is important and is still evident in contemporary society. Furthermore, the idea of the classroom being a ‘small society’ and the authority the teacher has is also something important to consider when studying moral education according to Durkheim. School is full of rules and they apply to everyone who enters the building; “In fact, there is a whole system of rules in the schools that predetermine the child’s conduct. He must come to class regularly, he must arrive at a specified time and with an appropriate bearing and attitude. He must not