Sociology Role of Education
- Created by: Sophie McConnell
- Created on: 17-05-13 10:21
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- Role of Education
- Functionalist
- See's education as a way of passing on society's culture
- role allocation in a meritocratic society
- Durkheim: schools transmit norms and values of wider society- more likely to conform
- Parsons: bridge between primary and secondary socialisation
- See's education as a way of passing on society's culture
- Marxist
- Bowles and Gintis: hidden curriculum ensures w/c kept in their place- subservient workers for capitalism
- Althusser: ISA- school is used by the r/c to transmit r/c ideology
- Willis: boys were learning to labour
- Bourdieu: cultural capital- this gives r/c advantage
- Education system is used by the r/c to protect their position in society
- Justifies inequality by making w/c kids feel it is their fault if they do not succeed
- Functionalist
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