教育包括教学和学习特定的技能，也包括一些无形但更深刻的东西:知识的传授、判断力和智慧。迪尔凯姆认为教育是年轻一代的社会化。这是一种不断的努力，强加于孩子的视觉、情感和行为，而这些都是他无法自发地到达的。教育是文化代代相传的基本目标之一。文化是一个不断发展的整体。文化的连续性是没有中断的。文化元素通过家庭、学校和其他社团的中介传递。所有的社会都通过他们的文化来维持。这里的文化指的是一套必须学会的信仰、技能、艺术、文学、哲学、宗教、音乐等。这种社会遗产必须通过社会组织传播。教育在所有社会都具有文化传播的功能。学校的课程设置、课外活动和师生之间的非正式关系，交流着社会的技能和价值观。教育通过不同的活动，如合作、团队精神、服从、纪律等。教育通过交流社会各阶层的价值观，在社会中扮演着整合的角色。学校教给孩子们技能，帮助他们以后融入社会文化。自远古以来，其正式或非正式的教育模式一直发挥着这一作用。从这个角度看，教育也可以看作是过程。教育给人类生活的各个方面带来了惊人的变化。
加拿大里贾纳代写论文:教育的社会化
Education encompasses teaching and learning specific skills and also something less tangible but more profound: the imparting of knowledge good judgement and wisdom. Durkheim sees education as the socialization of the younger generation .It is a continuous effort to impose on the child ways of seeing,feeling and acting which he could not have arrived at spontaneously. Education has as one of its fundamental goals the imparting of culture from generation to generation. Culture is a growing whole. There can be no break in the continuity of culture. The cultural elements are passed on through the agents like family, school and other associations. All societies maintain themselves through their culture. Culture here refers to a set of beliefs, skills, art, literature, philosophy, religion, music etc which must be learned. This social heritage must be transmitted through social organizations. Education has this function of cultural transmission in all societies. The curriculum of a school ,its extra-curricular activities and the informal relationships among students and teachers communicate social skills and values. Through various activities school imparts values such as co-operation , team spirit ,obedience ,discipline etc. Education acts an integrative force in the society by communicating values that unites different sections of society. The school teach skills to the children which help them later to integrate within the culture of the society. Education in its formal or informal pattern has been performing this role since time immemorial. Education can be looked upon as process from this point of view also. Education has brought phenomenal changes in every aspect of man's life.
