role of education in society

• What do functionalists focus on regarding education?

  Positive functions of education
• What do functionalists focus on regarding education?

  Positive functions of education
• What are the main functions of education according to functionalists?

  Socialisation, specialist skills, work allocation
• Why does society need education to function effectively?

  It performs essential social functions
• Who is considered the father of Functionalist sociology?

  Durkheim
• What are the two main functions of education identified by Durkheim?

  Social solidarity and specialist skills
• What does Durkheim argue society needs for social solidarity?

  A sense of belonging to a community
• How does the education system promote social solidarity?

  By transmitting culture, beliefs, and values
• What does Durkheim mean by 'society in miniature' in education?

  Schools prepare us for wider society
• What is meant by a complex, specialised division of labour?

  Different roles require specific skills and knowledge
• Why must education provide specialist skills?

  To enable individuals to fulfill their work roles
• What is Parsons' view of education's role in society?

  It acts as a bridge between family and society
• What are particularistic standards in the family?

  Unconditional love with little expectations
• What are universalistic standards in society?

  Standards applied to everyone equally
• How does a child's status differ in family and society according to Parsons?

  Ascribed in family, achieved in society
• How are promotions and job security determined in the workplace?

  Based on performance and effort
• How do students pass or fail in school according to Parsons?

  Through their own efforts
• According to Parsons, what does school prepare us for?

  To move from family to wider society
• What principle do schools and families share according to Parsons?

  Meritocratic principles
• What do pupils have equal opportunities to achieve based on?

  Effort and ability
• What is the role allocation theory proposed by Davis and Moore?

  Schools select and allocate pupils to future work roles
• How do schools help match students to jobs according to Davis and Moore?

  By assessing students' abilities
• What do Davis and Moore (1945) focus on in their argument?

  The relationship between education and social inequality
• Why do Davis and Moore argue that inequality is necessary?

  To fill important roles with talented people
• What role does education play in the process of role allocation?

  It acts as a proving ground for ability
• How do schools 'sort and sift' students?

  By ensuring the most able get the best qualifications
• What do the most able students go on to achieve?

  The best jobs in society
• What are the weaknesses of the functionalist view of education?

  • Criticized by Marxists for ideology transmission
  • Education does not teach specialized skills
  • Success determined by class, ethnicity, gender
  • Over-socialized view of students by functionalists
• What does the Wolf Review of Vocational Education (2011) claim?

  High-quality apprenticeships are rare
• What percentage of 16-19 year olds are on courses that do not lead to higher education or good jobs?

  Up to a third
• What does the interactionist Dennis Wrong (1961) argue about functionalists?

  They have an 'over-socialized view' of people
• What do functionalists wrongly imply about pupils?

  That they passively accept all teachings
• What are the similarities and differences between functionalist and new right views on education?

  Similarities:

  • Some have more talent than others
  • Education system should be meritocratic
  • Education should socialize children into shared values

  
  

  Differences:

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• What do New Right theorists believe about the current education system?

  It is not achieving its goals
• Who runs the current education system according to New Right theorists?

  The state
• What is neo-liberalism in the context of education?

  Economic theory underpinning New Right policies
• What do neo-liberals argue about state-provided services like education?

  They should not be provided by the state
• What does marketisation in education refer to?

  Bringing market elements into the education system
• How should schools operate according to New Right beliefs?

  More like businesses
• Who are considered consumers in the New Right education model?

  Parents and pupils