CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A total institution is a place of work and residence where a great number of similarly situated people, cut off from the wider community for a considerable time, lead an enclosed, formally administered life together. Within a total institution, the basic needs of a entire bloc of people are under bureaucratic control.

Detailed explanation-2: -A ‘total institution’ is ‘a place of residence and work where a large number of like-situated individuals, cut off from the wider society for an appreciable period of time, together lead an enclosed, formally administered round of life’ (Goffman, 1961: xiii).

Detailed explanation-3: -According to sociologist Erving Goffman, a powerful agent of socialization is total institution. He coined this term to refer to a place in which people are cut off from the rest of society and where they come under almost total control of the officials who are in charge.

Detailed explanation-4: -The central feature of total institutions is that they remove the barriers that typically separate key spheres of life including home, leisure, and work.

Detailed explanation-5: -Resocialization involves far-reaching changes in an individual’s values, beliefs, and behavior. Total institutions exert total control over the lives of their residents. They typically try to eliminate the individual identity of their residents and often subject them to harsh treatment.