Analyse two ways that the education system prepares students for their future roles in the work force

Analyse two ways that education system prepares students for their future role in the work place – 10 marks

Prep: 15 mins, 2 paragraphs, 1 side, PEA

One way the education system prepares students for their future job roles in the work force would be Durkheim’s perspectives where he states that specialist skills teaches individuals the skills that they need to play their part in the division of labour. This would be a positive functionalist perspective as Davis and Moore has backed up Durkheim’s view on how specialist skills prepares students for their future role for the workplace due to role allocation. They argue that the school performs the functions of selecting and allocating pupils to their future work roles. They do this by assessing their abilities and matching pupils to the job which they…