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The selective role of education Chooses the most able people for the most important jobs The selective role of education - Functionalists Functionalists see the education system as a sieve, that selects students for particular roles in life as the education system picks and chooses talented and hard working people to be the most successful Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:04 / 0:15 Full screen Brainpower Read More The selective role of education - Marxists Marxists do not believe education provides equal opportunities for all Economic role of education School produces the future workforce with the skills they need to work and benefit the economy Economic role of education - Functionalists Functionalists believe that schools teach the key skills and knowledge necessary for a modern, technical society Economic role of education - Marxists Marxists believe that education reinforces the class system by ensuring working class students learn the skills for low-paid jobs making the poor get poorer and the rich get richer Socialisation role of education Education is seen as an agency of secondary socialisation Socialisation role of education - Functionalists Functionalists argue that education is a positive agency of socialisation that helps teach young people a common culture and value consensus. they argue that education teaches students social cohesion through shared beliefs and values Socialisation role of education - Marxists Marxists argue that school helps teach students into accepting dominant ideologies through secondary socialisation, meaning that the bourgeoisie stay in control of the proletariat through false consciousness Political role of education - Functionalists Functionalists see education as learning about society - through education pupils will accept the political system Political role of education - Marxists Marxists believe that only certain political opinions are tolerated in education. Radical views are rejected or ridiculed. In this way, the political views of the powerful groups come to be accepted by individuals Social control role of education - Marxists Marxists see social control in schools as reflecting social control in the wider society, which benefits the most powerful group Durkheim (Functionalist) argues that education has 3 functions... -The creation of social solidarity -Acting as society in miniature -Teaching specialist skills for work Durkheim believed that the main function of education was... The transmission of society's norms and values to individuals. For society to function correctly society needs all members to be united behind an agreed set of values creating social solidarity Shared values are taught in two ways which are The hidden curriculum e.g. hierarchy and competition and formal curriculum e.g subjects such as history install a sense of shared past and a commitment to the wider society Durkheim's view on how schools act as societies in miniature School provides us with a set of rules to guide our interactions with others. It also prepares us for following society's rules in dealing and cooperating with people that we don't have a personal connection with who are neither friends or family Durkheim's view on school teaching specialist skills for work Durkheim argued that the education system teaches specialist skills for work as we are given choices on what subjects we want to study and different subjects require different skills Critisms of Durkheim Some students accept neither the schools rules nor society's norms and values Parsons (Functionalist) believed that education has three major functions 1. Acts as a bridge between the universalistic (societal) and Particularistic (family) values 2. Secondary socialisation and value consensus 3. Role allocation Value consensus (Parsons view on education) Students are socialised & encouraged to value high achievement and to believe that they are competing with each other on equal terms. As a result, the high achievers are seen as deserving their success and the lower achievers accept their status as fair