Functionalism and New Right on Education
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- Created on: 17-04-13 19:55
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- Functionalism and New Right on Education
- General Ideas Of Functionalist
- Functionalism is a consensus theory that is seen as being essentially harmonious.
- Society needs basic norms and values in need for it to survive, this is called SOCIAL SOLIDARITY
- Education is a social institute which helps keep society in order, as it helps socialise new members into society.
- Functionalism is a conservative view. Conservatives believe that everyone in society should work for their money and housing etc. this is Meritocracy
- Theories of Functionalist Sociologists.
- Emile Durkheim believed that the major function of education was to pass the norms and values of one generation to the next.
- Emile Durkheim believes this is necessary to achieve SOCIAL SOLIDARITY. This is when one person feels they belong to a community which is bigger then them.
- Emile Durkheim also believed that education acts as a miniature society. The child learns to obey a fixed set of rules and to socialize, which is a preparation for adult life.
- Talcott Parsons believed that education acts as a simple bridge from family life into the wider society.
- Talcott Parsons also believed that education helps to socialise young people into the basic values of education. which are the value of achievement and the value of equal opportunity.
- The New Right Perspective
- Functionalist and New Right have similar views but New Right are more current but are political and are not sociologists.
- They agree that with functionalists that education should be run by meritocratic principles.
- They believe that education should socialise children into shared values and provide sense of National Identity.
- Marketisation of education was introduced when The Education Reform Act was introduced. This is when schools act like businesses to try and recruit students for their school.
- General Ideas Of Functionalist
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