Functionalist view on education Flashcards
What are the five key features of functionalist view on education?
- Education socialises children into the value consensus
- Education acts as a bridge between the family and wider society
- Education selects people for their future roles in society(role allocation)
- Education is meritocratic
- Cultural deprivation leads to underperformance in education
What does Durkheim argue?
According to Durkheim, the most important function of education is to socialise young people
Who argues that education socialises children into the value consensus?
Durkheim
Who argues against the view that education socialises children into the value consensus
Gorard
What does Gorard argue?
That the current structure of schools is based on competition as schools are compared to each other in terms of exam results. They take a far more individualistic approach than one concerned with social solidarity as suggested by functionalists
Who argues that education acts as a bridge between the family and wider society?
Parsons
Who can be used as evaluation for the argument “education acts as a bridge between the family and wider society”?
- Willis
- Jackson
Who argues that education selects people for their future roles in society (role allocation) ?
Davis and Moore
What is used as evaluation for “education selects people for their future roles in society” ?
ONS stars if gender pay gap
Who argues that education is meritocratic?
Parsons
Who argues that education isn’t meritocratic?
Marxists Bowles and Gintis
Who argues that cultural deprivation leads to underperformance in education?
Feinstein
Who is used as AO3 for the argument “cultural deprivation leads to underperformance in education” ?
Becker
What is meritocracy?
A social system in which success and status in life depend primarily on individual talents, abilities, and effort
