functionalist
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- functionalist perspective on education
- key functionalists
- Durkheim
- specialist work skills- schools also teach specific work skills of the kind required by society
- learning social rules- unlike the family, the school is a miniature version of society. schools teach pupils how to work with others in social context.
- linking individuals and society- education performs of making individuals feel they are members of a larger social group. can be achieved by teaching the history of their society
- parsons
- allocating pupils into future work roles- people are slotted into work and social roles that match their abilities
- pupils talents are tested in schools so they are channelled into roles suited to their abilities
- learning 'universalistic values'- school is first place these values are learnt at home people are treated as individuals however inn education it's as a society.
- learning fundamental values of scoiety
- society cannot survive without members sharing same set of basic values. schools carry out secondary socialisation
- allocating pupils into future work roles- people are slotted into work and social roles that match their abilities
- Davis and Moore
- some individuals have greater talents than others
- positions in society require different talents
- the most able individuals need to be allocated to the most functionally demanding roles
- the most able gain the greatest rewards in order to attract them to a long period training which is needed for these roles
- Durkheim
- key concerns and ideas
- Education plays an important role in teaching individuals the norms and rules of society
- For society to survive, it needs to be united. members of society need to share the same norms, beliefs, aims etc otherwise the social group would disintegrate
- Education also carries out a very important function for the economic sub system by allocating individuals into work roles that match their abilities
- are mainly interested in the positive functions education performs for society and in particular, for the economy
- criticisms of functionalism
- its doubtful whether schools do teach the work skills needed by the economy as some school subjects seem to have limited usefulness in the world of work
- Marxist argue that education transmits the values of the ruling class as functionalist assume there is a agreement over the basic values of society.
- Education is not meritocratic as there is class inequalities in education achievement
- key functionalists
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