Functionalism Of Education

Question 1

Meaning of functionalism education (Durkheim)

Answer 1

• education is beneficial and prepares children for the work place

DURKHEIM - moral force of education the way children internalise values and become a “social being”

Question 2

Hidden curriculum - PHILLIP JACKSON

Answer 2

• Norms and values are taught indirectly through a routine of school

• punctuality, respecting authority, pro school attitudes

Question 3

Social solidarity - DURKHEIM

Answer 3

• education transmits social culture - through countries history so children have a sense of shared history

• school acts a microcosm society - this prepares children for the wider society + work life ( both school and work cooperate with people outside of family)

Question 4

Specialist skills - DURKHEIM

Answer 4

• modern industrial economies have complex division of labour, production of a single item involves specialist

•the specialist have necessary knowledge/ skills for the roles