Sociologists approach and functions on education
Marxist and Functioanlit's views on eduaction.
Unit 1
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- Sociologists approach to the functions of the education system in society
- Functionalists approach
- 1.Serving the needs of the economy
- teaches the knowledge needed that future workers will need in a competitive global economy
- 2. Selection
- The education system acts like a sieve, grading people and allocating them to jobs based on their individual abilities and exam results
- 3. Facilitating social mobility
- Allows students to move up/down the social ladder giving those from disadvantaged backgrounds an equal chance
- 4. Encouraging 'Britishness' and social cohension
- Through formal education (e.g citizenship), pupils identify with British culture and themselves as British Citizens.To reinforce the 'glue' in society.
- 5.Secondary Socialisation
- Pupils learn the culture,norms and values of their society .
- 6. Social Control
- Teach pupils to conform and to accept rules (e.g. Punctuality) and adult authority.
- 1.Serving the needs of the economy
- Marxist approach
- Benefiting privileged groups
- Reinforcing Social Inequlities
- Breeding Competition
- helps to maintain the capital system
- serving interests of the ruling class
- Passes ideas and beliefs that benefit the ruling classes
- Reproducing the class system
- Instead of rewarding pupils on individual abilities but favours pupil from ruling classes.
- Secondary Socialisation
- The education system socializes working class children accept their lower position in society.
- Benefiting privileged groups
- Functionalists approach
- Key Concepts: *Capitalism *Function *Functionalist approach *Hidden Curriculum *Hierarchy *Marxist approach *Meritocracy *Official Curriculum *Social class *Social cohesion *Social inequalities *Social mobility
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