Education : The Role Of Education

Question 1

[🟢] what is the function of education ?

Answer 1

To transmit society’s norms and values

Question 2

[🟢] what is social solidarity ?

Answer 2

DURKHEIM
- Bringing people together to form one community or body
- Education creates social solidarity by sharing society’s cultural norms and values
- Eg: all students learn the national curriculum, all students where uniform

Question 3

[🟢] what is education and social rules ?

Answer 3

DURKHEIM
- School acts like a miniature society preparing students for a life in wider society
- Eg: there is a hierarchy in school and a hierarchy in the workforce
- Both in school and at work we have to cooperate with people who are neither family or friends

Question 4

[🟢] what is education and the division of labour ?

Answer 4

DURKHEIM
- Education reaches the skilled needed for future occupations
- Industrial society has a specialised division of labour ( people have specialised jobs which require specific skills and knowledge )
- industrialisation workforce needs education system to provide the skills and knowledge required by the workforce

Question 5

[🟢] what is meritocracy ?

Question 6

[🟢] what is role allocation