Functionalist Sociologists

Question 1

Main Functionalists:

Answer 1

Durkheim - socialisation / social solidarity
Parson - bridge into society
Schultz - developing human capital
Davis and Moore - allocation

Question 2

Durkheim?

Answer 2

Passing society’s culture (secondary socialisation) and building social solidarity and social cohesion through value consensus - a broad agreement on values.

Question 3

Parsons?

Answer 3

Sees education providing a bridge between the particularistic value (personal / family values) and ascribed status of the family and the universalistic values and achieved status of society. Durkheim says he sees schools as a miniature society to prepare young people for the wider society based on meritocratic values

Question 4

Schultz?

Answer 4

Sees education as developing human capital - a trained and qualified labour force, benefiting the economy. [vocational education involving training courses = often low quality, seen as boring.]

Question 5

Davis & Moore ?

Answer 5

Selecting and allocating people for roles in a meritocratic society in which everyone has equality of opportunity - fitting the most able and qualified people into hierarchy of unequal positions in society.

Question 6

New Right Sociologists

Answer 6

Chubb & Moe - training a workforce