Functionalism Flashcards
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Functionalist view on education ?
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- social institutions perform positive functions, socialising new members of society: social solidarity: preparing role in the workplace/economy
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Durkhiem: 2 fuctions of education
- social solidariy?
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- Education shows we’re part of a society
- transmitting society’s culture via secondary socialisation
- EG : uniforms, assembelies
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Durkiheim: 2 functions of education
- specialist skills?
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- Structeral differentiation: institutions becoming more specialised
- economy demands specialist workers
- educations teaches individuals specialist skills to work in modern
economy
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Parsons: secondary socialisation ?
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- child is treated differently & special: “particularistic values” : family
- child is treated the same: “universalistic values”: education
- shared values of meritocratic society
- EG uniform
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Parsons: education is meritocratic?
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- everyone has a fair equal chance of success if you work hard & are talented
- individual achievement: achieves status on own efforts & ability (achieved instead of ascribed)
- equal oppurtunity: everyone achieve their full potential
6
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Parsons: evaluation: Myth of meritocracy?
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- people have different circumstances: gender, mental health, class
7
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Parsons: education is a mini society ?
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- prepares us for life in society, competitive & individualistic economy
- EG roles & hierachies
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Davis & Moore: Sift and sort?
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- more talented & skillfull students in particular subjects
- work roles need greater skill than others
- education pushes these students towards the better subjects
- meritocratic system aloows everyone to complete equally
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Davis & Moore: Evaluation of sift and sort?
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- people in lower sets think they aren’t as capable than others
= lower self asteem
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Davis & Moore: Role allocation ?
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- best students train for the best jobs/ important jobs : higher rewards: better pay
- everyone is motivated to strive for them: society is more productive
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Davis & Moore: role allocation evaluation ?
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- people can get ascribed jobs from family members
12
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meritocracy?
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- eveyone has an equal chance to suceed regardless of their gender/class/age/ethnicity etc. achievement based on own effort.
13
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Organic analogy?
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- society is like a human body wher all parts work together ad are interconnected
