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What is the main contribution of Emile Durkheim in Sociology?

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He proposed structural functionalism theory explaining culture.
He was one of the earliest scholars to use empirical method to study the society in which education forms part.
He developed the sociological theory which forms part of the foundations in sociology of education
He reaffirmed the fact that education and society are interdependent and they therefore reflect each other.
He saw the essential role played by schools of preparing the young people for the society.
He was concerned with how education can be used in creating moral values as the foundation of the society.
He saw classrooms as ‘small societies’ since any change in society reflects a change in education and vice versa.
According to him, discipline was the morality of the classroom and asserted that without it, a class is just like a mob.
He also stressed the fact that in every time and place education is closely related to other institutions and to current values and beliefs of the society.
He also emphasised on the fact that, society is perpetuated through educational institutions which help instil values in children.

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