Functionalist perspective on education
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- Functionalist Perspective on education
- overview:
- See society as a system made up of interrelated parts, working together to maintain society as a whole.
- Their view of education tends to be on the positive contributions it makes to the maintenance of the social system.
- Durkheim (1858 - 1917)
- provides social solidarity
- prepares young people to act in terms of society's rules
- teaches the skills and roles needed for occupational roles
- The division of labour: specialised jobs which require specific skills and knowledge
- saw school as society in miniature, interaction with others under a set of rules that are fixed
- Parsons (1951)
- after primary socialisation, school takes over as the main socialising agency. preparing children for their adult role (secondary socialisation)
- establishes universalistic standards in terms of which all students achieve their statues, measured through exams for all students regardless of gender, age or class of origin.
- Schools operate on meritocratic principles.
- Role of allocation through testing and examination, to allocate people to roles which best suit their aptitudes and capabilities
- Davis and Moore
- the education system is a way of sifting and selecting people for different levels of the job market.
- the talented and gifted get the most important jobs and that education is a race for success.
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