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functionalist perspective on education
Function of education
form of
socialisation
promotes
integration
→
brings people together
increases
tolerance levels
equal opportunities
→
free education
looks at positive benefits of edu.
3 roles of education
secondary socialisation
- passes on
core values
Education
sifts & sorts people
into
appropriate jobs
→ called
role
teaches
skills
needed in
work
and for the
economy
Parsons 1961 Believed Education
bridge between family & wider society
→ as family & society operate differently kids need to learn new way of living to cope w/ wider society
Socialises kids into basic core & values of society
→ describes it as
'focal socialising agency'
Pluralistic standards
used at home but
universal
are used in schools & wider society
believed families status is
ascribed
(
fixed by birth
) & society achieved on
Merit
(
meritocracy
)
→
education is meritocratic
Durkheim
society needs sense of social solidarity
→ instilling sense of
belonging
to wider society
→ sense of commitment to importance of working towards societies goals
schools society in
miniature
→ preparing students for life in society
→
hierarchy in schools
just like society
indiv. learn to
interact & tolerate others
& how to follow set of rules
Education helps create
social order
based on
cohesion & value consensus
to strengthen
social solidarity
believed schools teach specific skills needed in industrial society
main role is to
transmit society's norms & values
Durkheim & specialist skills
education teaches & equips individuals w/
specialist knowledge & skills
needed for
social division of labour
(
work
)
→ people need skills to work →
benefits society as whole
schools prepare students for work
Davis & Moore : Role Allocation 1945
edu.
sifts & sorta
people according to
ability
→ ppl
allocated
to most appropriate job for their ability (
using exams etc.
)
ensures most talented allocated to most important occupations
saw edu. as
meritocratic
→ judged according to
ability, work & effort
Division of Labour
Pre-industrial → skills passed down through families
Durkheim
- schools provide
necessary homogeneity for social survival