Functionalist Views

• • Education is an agent of secondary socialisation
  • Teaches norms and values
  • Teaches how to become a functioning member of society
  • Education has a function - gives norms and values and qualifications
  • Gives skills and qualifications
• Positives:

  • Shows how key functions of several parts of the education system all work together
  • Outline how the education system has a wider impact on both society and the individual
• Negatives:

  • Outdated - the education system has changed
  • Marxism - whose norms and value are transmitted - the ruling classes
  • Ignores conflict in society often caused by poor education