Chapter Four
The Two Educations
In an earlier chapter it was suggested that there are two models of education in the same way as there are two sociologies: ‘education from above’ is a model that demonstrated that education is functional to the social system so that the individual is moulded to fit his niche in society through the educational process, whereas ‘education of equals’ assumes that the individual is free, able to develop and fulfil his own potential and able to create a truly human social order as a result of his new-found knowledge, skills and ability. These two educations presuppose two distinctive types of curriculum which are perhaps best represented by the discussions about classical and romantic curricula in initial education. ...
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