Functionalist

Question 1

What does Functionalist argue that the education system transmits?

Answer 1

transmits ideas and values for SOCIAL COHESION

Question 2

What is the Functionalist view on education based on?

Answer 2

view that SOCIETY is a SYSTEM of INDEPENDANT parts HELD together by a shared culture or VALUE CONSENSUS

Question 3

What is a Function of Education that Durkheim argued?

Answer 3

That it creates SOCIAL SOLIDARITY

Question 4

What is the Durkheim function that Social Solidarity?

Answer 4

argues society needs a sense or solidarity, INDIVIDUAL members must FEEL part of a COMMUNITY
WITHOUT, COOPERATION would be IMPOSSIBLE as INDIVIDUALS would PERSUE their own SELFISH DESIRES

Question 5

How does the Education System helps create Social Solidarity?
Durkheim

Answer 5

• by TRANSMITTING SOCIETY’S CULTURE, e.g. he argues teaching of history gives children a sense of shared heritage and commitment to wider social group
• acts as a “ society in minature “, PREPARES us for LIFE in WIDER SOCIETY, e.g. cooperation with people who’re neither family nor friends

Question 6

What does Parsons believe the role or education is?

Answer 6

sees school as the ‘ FOCAL SOCIALISING AGENCY ‘ in modern society, ACTS as BRIDGE between FAMILY and WIDER SOCIETY

sees school preparing us to move from the family to wider society as SCHOOL and SOCIETY both based on MERITOCRATIC PRINCIPLES
both have universalistic standards, family has particularistic

Question 7

What is the Evauluation point for Functionalist persepctive on education?
what does education allow?

Answer 7

allows IMPORTANT SOCIALISIATION of individuals to UNDERSTAND society and allow this continuation TO ENSURE SOCIETY RUNS SMOOTHLY and therefore SOCIAL COHESION is achieved

Question 8

What is a Criticism of the Functionalist View of Education?

Answer 8

FEMINISTS ARGYE that SCHOOL passes on PATRIARCHAL VALUES and DISADVANTAGES GIRLS & WOMEN