Perspectives on Education- Functionalist Flashcards
What is socialisation?
When a child grows up knows the norms and values of society.
What is social solidarity?
It is the community sharing views and everyones together.
What is the Academic curriculum?
Subjects that are taught that children will recieve a qualification in. The ‘official’ curriculum.
What is the hidden curriculum?
The ‘side effect’ of education, it transmits messages about values, attitudes and principles.
What did Jackson (1968) believe?
The hidden curriculum is the ‘unpublicised feature of school life’ in which students accept the distribution of power and they underpin most aspects of social life life inside and outside of school.
What did Talcott Parsons believe (1961)?
The main function of school was to act as the social bridge.
What is a particularistic view?
The view you family has, they value what is different about you.
What is a universalistic view?
The view society has, they value people fir conforming and following the rules.
What are another Parsons view?
The classroom is a microcosm of society where children will be exposed to different cultures and therefore, learn tolerance and how to integrate.
What is meritocracy?
When an institution practise equality of opportunity where people are rewarded solely on the basis of merit.
What is Davis and Moore (1945) believe?
They argued that the main role of education is role allocation, this is selection of people in their future work roles, this cause social stratification.
What did Blau and Duncan (1978) believe?
Success and prosperity of society on using human capital (workers skills), a meritocratic education system is the best place to prepare human capital as it prepares role allocation. If people are the the ‘best job’ for them, they’ll be most productive.
What is the marxist Criticism on this perspective?
School doesn’t pass on shared values, it passes on the dominant class (MC), this disadvantages the working class and it just reproduces inequalities.
What is the feminist Criticism on this perspective?
School doesn’t pass on shared values, it passes on patriarchal values.
What is the interactionist Criticism on this perspective?
Interactionists believe that Functionalists have an ‘over socialised’ view of society and that people are just puppets.
