Role allocation Flashcards
1
Q
Who initiated this role of education?
A
Davis and Moore
2
Q
What is role allocation?
A
Education system selects and allocates pupils to their future work roles by assessing their abilities and attitudes.
3
Q
What will it create when schools match people to what job they are most suited to?
A
it will make competition for the highly skilled jobs and society can select the most talented people for them
4
Q
How does education make this happen?
A
it sifts and sorts people according to their ability.
5
Q
Why do marxists reject this?
A
It is not the most talented who get these roles but it is the most privilaged
nepotism - parents famous
rich many be more privilaged
