Education passes on norms and values in order to integrate individuals into society, creating a sense of belonging and commitment to that society, Durkheim calls this social solidarity. Education helps to create a social order based on cohension.
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Talcott Parsons
Believed education has 3 main fuctions, It is a bridge between family and wider society, It socializes children into the basic values of society, It selects people for their future roles in society. Schools pass on a universal value of achievement.
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Davis and Moore
Say every society sorts members into different positions(Role Allocation).Sorts people according to abilities so that the most able get high qualifications and can progress to most functionally important jobs,there has to be system of unequal rewards
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Functionalism
Says Education has 3 functions that help society.
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Functionalism 3 Functions
Education teaches the skills required in work and by the economy, Education sorts people for the appropriate jobs (Called Allocation Function), Education plays a part in Secondary Socialisation passing on core values.
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Functionalist Perspective
Education is meritocratic. A meritocracy is when social rewards are allocated by talent and effort rather than because of a position someone was born into.
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Funtionalist Sum
Talent + Motivation + Equal opportunity = Qualifications and high position in society.
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Believed education has 3 main fuctions, It is a bridge between family and wider society, It socializes children into the basic values of society, It selects people for their future roles in society. Schools pass on a universal value of achievement.
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Talcott Parsons
Card 3
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Say every society sorts members into different positions(Role Allocation).Sorts people according to abilities so that the most able get high qualifications and can progress to most functionally important jobs,there has to be system of unequal rewards
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Card 4
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Says Education has 3 functions that help society.
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Card 5
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Education teaches the skills required in work and by the economy, Education sorts people for the appropriate jobs (Called Allocation Function), Education plays a part in Secondary Socialisation passing on core values.
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