Functionalists View on the Role of Education
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- Functionalists View on the Role of Education
- Durkhiem
- The main functions of education
- Creating social solidarity
- School transmits society's norms and values into the individual. Creating a better society for all
- ? Marxists argue that educational institutions o transmit a dominant culture which serves the capitalists interest
- This is where children learn they are part of society which is bigger than them
- School is society in miniature. Children learn to interact with others and learn social rules
- The transmission of norms and values is not always successful. Some students openly reject the values of the school and form anti-school sub-cultures. e.g Willis' lads
- School transmits society's norms and values into the individual. Creating a better society for all
- Teaching specialist skills
- individuals must be taught specialist skills so that they can take their place within a highly complex division of labour in which people have to co-operate to produce items.
- Creating social solidarity
- The main functions of education
- Parsons
- socialization, education acts as a bridge between the family and wider society.
- Socialises the individual in the basic values of society. There's two main lessons
- The value of achievement- they can achieve through hard work and their own merit
- But gender, class and race inequalities disprove this
- The value of opportunity- through meritocracy everyone has a chance
- Wrong argues that functionalists like Parsons have an over-socialised view of people as mere puppets of society
- The value of achievement- they can achieve through hard work and their own merit
- Davis & Moore
- Education as a means of role allocation
- The education system sifts and sorts people according to their abilities
- Intelligence and ability have only a limited influence on educational achievement. Research indicates that achievement is closely tied to issues of social class, gender and ethnicity
- The most talented gain high qualifications which lead to functionally important jobs with high rewards
- This will lead to inequalities in society, but this is quite natural and even desirable in capitalist societies because there is only a limited amount of talent.
- Those denied success blame themselves rather than the system. Inequality in society is thus legitimated: it is made to appear fair.
- The education system sifts and sorts people according to their abilities
- Education as a means of role allocation
- Durkhiem
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