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roles and functions of education
functionalism
socialisation and social solidarity
durkheim
the education system meets a functionalists pre-request of society by passing on the cultural and values of society this is achieved hidden curriculum and PSHE lessons
this helps to build social solidarity as it teaches students the core values of society
bridge between family and society
parsons
parsons believed that schools provide a link between the family and wider society which allows students to move from the ascribed status to the meritocratic values of wider society
developing human capital
schultz
suggests that investment in education benefits the wider economy. makes the younger generation ready for work
role allocation
Davis and moore
the education system provides a means to selecting and shifting people into the social hierarchy
evaluation
ignores aspects of education which are dysfunctional
myth of meritocracy
hidden curriculum
marxists
reinforces social inequality and maintains class ideology
feminists
maintains and reinforces patricachy not meritocracy
wong
- functionalists we children as passive puppets of socialism when the process is much more complex and involves teacher-pupil relationships
weak link between educational achievement and economic success
neoliberals and new right
say that school doesn't prepare children for work adequately
new right
role of education
similar beliefs to the functionalists but believe that he state takes too much of a role and the free market policies
schools should complete with one another and parents and pupils should be seen as consumers
Chubb and moe
- education vouchers and parentocracy
influence of education policy
1980s vocational educational
1988 education reform act
funding formula
League tables
new labour - academies
coalition government
free schools
privatisation of education
two roles for the state
to impose a framework on schools within which they have to complete -publishing Ofsted reports and League tables of exam results -parents receive informed choice between schools
to ensure that schools transmit a shared culture
evaluation
marxist argue that education devalues the culture of EMs and the working class
gewirtz and ball argue that competition between schools benefits the MC = they can use their cultural and economic capital to get to better schools
critics argue the real cause of low educational standards us because of social inequality and inadequate funding of state school
marxism
ideological state apparatus
althusser
by controlling people's ideas. the education system is an example of an isa
the education reproduces class ineeqaulity by failing each successful generation of WC in turn and legitimises class inequality
bowels and gintis
the WC pupils are discouraged from thinking for themselves occupied with full tasks and rewarded for being punctual and obedient so they can be used to the regime they would encounter in factories
the hidden curriculum influenced studnets' expectations to have dull ambitions for WC and developing confidence for mc
the close resemblance between the school regime and the future work conditions is called the correspondence principle