the role of education in society

Question 1

what is the functionalist perspective on education

Answer 1

durkheim
- social solidarity

parsons (meritocracy)

davis and moore (role allocation)

Question 2

neoliberal and the new right perspective on education

Answer 2

NL - state should not provide

NR - marketisation of education
-chubb and moe (consumer choice)
-2 roles for the state

criticism (gerwitz and ball- benefits mc)

Question 3

what is the marxist perspective on education

Answer 3

althusser (ideological state apparatus)

bowles and gintis (schools produce workforce)
- correspondence principle and hidden curriculum
-myth of meritocracy

willis
-lads counter culture