ROLE OF EDUCATION Flashcards
What is a Functionalist opinion on Education
Meritocracy
Social solidarity
Specialist-skills
Role Allocation
What is the functionalist view on MERITOCRACY?
PARSONS
Meritocracy is the idea that makes students understand that you need to work to earn your status.
What is the functionalists view on ROLE ALLOCATION?
Role allocation is where schools can help children plan for the future and see what jobs they will take up, which will then fit them into society
What is the functionalists view on SOCIAL SOLIDARITY in school?
Education helps teach children social solidarity, which is where they learn and understand the norms and value of society.
Help them fit in.
How does functionalists view SPECIALIST SKILLS in education?
Education helps children develop special skills through being able to got to learn a particular thing.
They can choose something to specialise in, to help them get a job in that area
What is Marxists view on Education?
Long shadow of work
Ideological state apparatus
Corresponding priceable
Myth of meritocracy
What is a Marxists view of LONG SHADOW OF WORK in education
Long shadow of work gets children ready for working in the real world.
Gets them used to the regime.
(Work, breaks, being told what do to)
What is Marxist view on IDEOLOGICAL STATE APPARATUS in education
ISA, is in place to brain wash children in education and prepare time to be brainwashed by the capitalist.
So they don’t revolt.
What is the Marxist view of CORRESPONDING PRINCIPAL in education?
Where school replays the ideas of capitalism Produces passive workers (from the headteacher) Encourage hierarchy (teachers, head teacher, governors)
What is the Marxists views of MYTH OF MERITOCRACY in education
The myth is in place to give the false idea that you can work hard and get far. When it isn’t true, but if they are made to believe that, they can’t blame anyone but themselves if they fail
