ROLE OF EDUCATION

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ROLE OF EDUCATION

FUNCTIONALISM

DURKHEIM identifies two main functions of education:

  • Social solidarity- transmitting societys culture between generations.
  • Specialist skills- To play their part in the social division of labour.

PARSONS: 

  • Schools are meriotocratic- equal chance for everybody.
  • Ed is an agent of socialisation, a bridge between the family and wider society.

DAVIS + MOORE: Role allocation, schools match a pupil to the job they are best suited to.

MARXISM

  • Ed performs two functions for the ideological state apparatus:
  • Reproduces class inequality by failing WC students.
  • Failure is…

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