Functionalist view of education

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Durkheim
Education builds bridges between home and work life. Believed in social solidarity (welding people together). Education teaches specialist skills.
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Parsons
Education prodvies secondary socialisation. Meritocracy (if you work hard, you get good results. Education provides univerlastic standards (rules and values which apply equally to all members of society).
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Davis and Moore
Role allocation- education selects the most talented and puts them in appropriate roles, education shifts and sorts individuals.
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Hargreaves
Schools fail to produce a sense of dignity for the working class which results in them rebelling.
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Criticisms
- Assume education system is meritocratic. - Goals and purpose of education are not generally agreed.
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Education prodvies secondary socialisation. Meritocracy (if you work hard, you get good results. Education provides univerlastic standards (rules and values which apply equally to all members of society).

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Parsons

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Role allocation- education selects the most talented and puts them in appropriate roles, education shifts and sorts individuals.

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Schools fail to produce a sense of dignity for the working class which results in them rebelling.

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- Assume education system is meritocratic. - Goals and purpose of education are not generally agreed.

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