Functionalist View On Role Of Education Flashcards
Definition- Bridge
A type of social tie connecting two groups
Definition- Universalistic standards
Standards which apply to everybody
Definition- particularistic standards
Standards which apply to particular people
Norms
Social rules: guidelines for expected behaviour in specific social settings
Definition- values
Beliefs about hat is good or bad
Definition- Ascribed status
Status or position in society fixed by birth
Definition- Achieved status
Status or position in society based on achievement
Definition- Meritocracy
A system in which a persons position is based on merit- eg:talent and hard work
Definition- Society in miniature
Emile Durkheim- ‘society in miniature’ meant, education provided children with necessary secondary socialisation.
Definition- Role allocation
A system of allocating people to roles which best suit their aptitudes and capabilities
Definition- consensus
An agreement on norms and values
Definition- economic function
the economy provides the goods and services that any society needs, the economy makes a society possible.
Definition- equality of opportunity
individuals are provided with an equal chance in life regardless of social class, ethnicity, age, gender, sexuality or religion.
Definition- integration
The ways that different groups come together to form a whole in society
Definition- social solidarity
the idea of a well-integrated functioning society where all members have been socialised into its shared norms and values
