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Role of education (Functionalist (Durkheim (Social solidarity (Education…

- - - - Education provides equal opportunities to everyone
      - Provides a bridge from home life to society
  - - - Inequality is necessary to ensure that the most important roles are filled by the most talented people. Education is where show what they can and cant do and then they are 'sifted and sorted' into the most suited role.
      - Tumin, circular argument, importance of jobs
  - - - Education transfers societies norms and values and creates a sense of cohesion/ community.
      - 'society in miniature'
    - - Education teaches individuals the specialist knowledge and skills that they need to play their part in the social division of labour
      - Neoliberals and the New right argue that the state fails to prepare young people adequately for work
- - - - Parallels between society and school, prepares working class pupils for working class jobs
  - - - 12 working class boys
        
        Knew meritocracy was a myth
        
        Wanted to go into working class jobs