Education : Davis and Moore

• Davis and Moore

  The education system allocates roles in a meritocratic society; this legitimises social inequality by making children believe that they deserve the role they are allocated.
• Davis and Moore

  The education system allocates roles in a meritocratic society; this legitimises social inequality by making children believe that they deserve the role they are allocated.
• Davis and Moore

  Not everyone has equal skills and talents, therefore the higher ability should be allocated the better roles in society.
• Davis and Moore

  By streaming and setting by academic ability, children are taught skills relevant to their potential.
• Davis and Moore

  There is equality of educational opportunity - all children can achieve their best and those with the ability and the skills who put in the most effort will be the most successful.
• Davis and Moore

   The education system 'sifts and sorts' so that the best rise to the top, but all have a function and role to play.
• Blau and Duncan

  The education system provides human capital as it will allocate children into the role (capital) which best suits them.
• Blau and Duncan

  Those children with the highest cultural capital will be allocated into roles where they can be trained to take positions of power and authority; while those with the least capital can be guided into roles of manual labour, obedience and conformity.