criticisms of the functionalist perspective Flashcards

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multicultural Britain
(durkheim)

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-Durkheim assumes society has a single and dominant shared culture that can be passed on by the education system
-countries such as Britain =multicultural so not a single culture for schools to pass on

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class inequality
(marxists)

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-Marxists argue education system serves interest of ruling class than society as a whole

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competition vs solidarity
(Hargreaves)

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-Hargreaves(1982) argues that schools emphasise individual competiiton through the exam system rather than working together

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achieved or ascribed?

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-can be argued intelligence has little effect upon educational achievement it can be argued people not graded by ability but class
=private schools achieve better than state schools
-content creators go against role allocation

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ignoring counter/anti-school subculture
(interactionalists Wrong(1961)

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argues that functionalists have an ‘over-socialised view’ of people as mere puppets of society
-functionalists wrongfully imply that pupils passively accept all they are taught and never reject school’s values- disproved through antischool subculture examined by paul willis

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