Functions of religion Flashcards
Functionalists
Parsons: Meritocracy
Everyone given equal chance
Functionalists
Parsons: universalistic standards
Everyone treated the same
Functionalists
Davis & Moore: role allocation
Sifts & sorts into correct job
Functionalists
Durkheim: specialist skills
Basic skills needed
E. Reading, writing
Functionalist
Durkheim: secondary socialisation
Norms & values from friends
Functionalists
Durkheim: social solidarity
-feeling part of a community
E.g sports day
Marxists
Bowles & gintis: hidden curriculum
School rewards hard work
Students who show independence are seen as troublemakers
Marxists
Bowles & gintis: traits
-teachers expectation of what students should be like, this is MC traits
Marxists
Willis: meritocracy is a myth
- it’s to reproduce workers no matter how hard try
- ‘the lads’ study
Marxists
Althusser: ideological state apparatus
Wc brainwashed to think we live in meritocratic education system
Marxists
Althusser: repressive state apparatus
Maintaining the rule of the bourgeois by force
New right
Chubb & moe: consumers choice
Voucher system= government give each family 1 voucher for school of their choice
New right
Two roles for state
- Impose on frameworks (foster)
2. Schools should form national identity (British history)
