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Functionalism and education
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education systrm is meritocratic and education system exsts to allow the most talented through students through to fill the most important jobs in society
testing ability through examinatios is one of the most findimental spects of the british education system
british children are among the most tested in the world, contriversial due to emotional impact.
Durkheim
education had a number of functions for society
reinforce our sense of belonging and community (social solidarity)
by maing people feel apart of a group
uniforms, sport activities, competitions against other groups
Maintain social rules and social order
schools are a minature version of wider society. Pupils learn some people are more important than others and establish manners
Learn patterns of behaviour that help them to succeed in the real world
Sort people into correct job based on ability ( meritocracy)
dividion of labour, nobody has all the skills to survive n our complex world
Schools pass on general values of worlds to pupil and provide them with thhe skills they eed to work together
People must specialise in the kind of work they want to do
Parsons
most impoartant agency of sceondary socialisation is education
schools pass on norms and values from outside world that we cant learn from the home
the vaues we learn in school apply to all society
Schools act as a form of social selection, choosing what studnets do in their adult life
Schools are competitibe and the best students will go onto the best jobs while the weaker students will go onto the weaker jobs
schools teach pupil that it is fair to have different rewards so cause competitiveness
families socialise us intot their family values (particularistic values) while schools teach us wider societies values (universalistic)
Davis and moore
if education systems are unequal, there must be a functional reason for this.
argued inequality is necesary because all societies have it
if it exists, it must be good for society
Justified high pay and higher status in society
Extended training is required for top pating positions so only those who undergo extended education can achieve this. they may wotk longer hours and have less free time, known as deffered gratification