Functionalism - Role and function of education.

Education has 3 main functions:

> Secondary socialisation – schools are a

“society in miniature”

> The economic role –veloping human

capital, a trained and qualified workforce

> The selective role – selecting and allocating

people for roles in a meritocratic society

Durkheim 

Education meets a key functional prerequisite by promoting social solidarity. Education cements people together by teaching students the norms and values of society, as well as a common history and culture.

Schools are a ‘society in miniature’ – a small-scale version of society that prepares young people for life in the…