EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In the school, socialization takes place for the first time. That is, the child starts learning to live with others, share their sorrows and happiness; take the qualities of cooperation, tolerance, love, friendship and sympathy which is very necessary in a society; so the school represents a mini society.

Detailed explanation-2: -John Dewey wrote extensively on this theme and his two contributions are very appropriate here-The School and Society (1899), Democracy and Education (1916). He argues that school is a miniature reflection of society rather an individual.

Detailed explanation-3: -Durkheim argued that ‘school is a society in miniature. ‘ preparing us for life in wider society. For example, both in school and at work we have to cooperate with people who are neither friends or family – which gets us ready for dealing with people at work in later life.

Detailed explanation-4: -As a microcosm of the community which it serves, a school reflects and engages with the greater political, social and economic issues and dynamics at any particular stage in its development.