Functionalist - Education

Functionalist views on Education

Durkheim
1. Social solidarity
2. preparing young people for work
Parsons
1. Secondary socialisation
  1. Particularistic
  2. Universalistic
2. Meroticracy
  1. Individual acheivement
  2. Equal opportunity
3. Society in minature
David and Moore
1. Selection and allocation
  1. Some more talented than others
  2. Higher rewards for more important jobs
    1. Motivates everyone to strive for them
Criticism
1. Marxism: not shared values, those of the ruling class
2. education is not meritocratic, discrimination against some groups
  1. not given an equal opportunity
3. Hargreaves
  1. schools place more value on competition and developing individuals than developing sense of social solidarity
conservative view of society
Consensus view
1. essentially harmonious
social order
socialising new members of society
create and sustain social solidarity

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	Created by Nishu Chhantyal over 9 years ago