In discussing Durkheim's modern relevance, this book explores his desire to integrate practical and theoretical aspects of education, and his stress on the moral base of education and the importance of the social and society.

Chapter 1 Introduction, W. S. F. Pickering, Geoffrey Walford; Part 1; Chapter 2 Emile Durkheim and Moral Education in a Pluralistic Society, Mark S. Cladis; Chapter 3 Emile Durkheim, Citizenship and Modern Education, Anton A. Wesselingh; Chapter 4 Kohlberg's Critique of Durkheim's Moral Education, Stephen P. Turner; Chapter 5 The Administration of Punishment in Schools, W. S. F. Pickering; Chapter 6 Teaching Autonomy, W. Watts Miller; Part 2; Chapter 7 Japanese Education, Roger Goodman; Chapter 8 Educating for Social Cohesion in a Pluralist Society, Mart-Jan de Jong, Jacques F. A. Braster; Chapter 9 Durkheim, Democracy and Diversity, Geoffrey Walford; Chapter 10 Durkheim, Dewey and Progressive Education, Alan R. Sadovnik, Susan F. Semel; Chapter 11 Emile Durkheim in the Context of the American Moral Education Paradigm, Arthur K. Ellis; Chapter 12 Classroom Management as Moral Education, David Rigoni; Part 3; Chapter 13 Durkheim, Social Revitalization, Education and Religion, Philip Wexler, Paul Stein;