1.2 Functionalist Perspective Of Education

Question 1

How do functionalists view society

Answer 1

View society like a biological organism with interconnected parts held together by a value consensus

Question 2

What was Emile Durkheims view

school=secondary socialisation

Answer 2

Durkheim 1903 sees school as secondary agents for socialisation and family are responsible to help children socialise- primary agents

Question 3

What is social reproduction

Answer 3

The same ideologies being transmitted generation to generation. It helps to ensure value consensus and social order

Question 4

What is Social solidarity

Answer 4

Emphasises the interdependence between individuals in a society, which allows individuals to feel that they can enhance the lives of others

Question 5

Who is Jackson 1968

‘hidden curriculm’

Answer 5

He described hidden curriculum as the ‘unpublicised features of school life’

Question 6

What did parsons 1961 argue

‘social bridge’

Answer 6

He argued that the main function of education was to be a social bridge