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    1. Functionalists see education as fundamental to social solidarity and view schools as crucial institutions for transmitting social norms and values. They argue education helps allocate people to jobs based on talent, maintaining social order. 2. Marxists view education as an instrument of ideological control that perpetuates capitalist exploitation by conditioning students to accept unequal social roles that benefit the bourgeoisie. They believe schools socialize students through competitive environments and curriculums focused on working class jobs. 3. Feminists criticize functionalist and Marxist views for not considering gender inequality and the role schools play in socializing gender roles.

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    1. Functionalists see education as fundamental to social solidarity and view schools as crucial institutions for transmitting social norms and values. They argue education helps allocate people to jobs based on talent, maintaining social order. 2. Marxists view education as an instrument of ideological control that perpetuates capitalist exploitation by conditioning students to accept unequal social roles that benefit the bourgeoisie. They believe schools socialize students through competitive environments and curriculums focused on working class jobs. 3. Feminists criticize functionalist and Marxist views for not considering gender inequality and the role schools play in socializing gender roles.

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    1. Functionalists see education as fundamental to social solidarity and view schools as crucial institutions for transmitting social norms and values. They argue education helps allocate people to jobs based on talent, maintaining social order. 2. Marxists view education as an instrument of ideological control that perpetuates capitalist exploitation by conditioning students to accept unequal social roles that benefit the bourgeoisie. They believe schools socialize students through competitive environments and curriculums focused on working class jobs. 3. Feminists criticize functionalist and Marxist views for not considering gender inequality and the role schools play in socializing gender roles.

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    Assess the contribution of functionalist sociologists to our understanding to our

    understanding of the role of the education system in the society.


    Introduction

    Politically, formal education has developed in many ways. The 1988 Education Reform
    Act made education almost a franchise, as well as changing many other prior
    customs. Functionalist sociologist Durkheim noted society needed consensus in
    order to keep structured. Marxist sociologist Althusser argued the educational
    system is a main agent for ideological control, replacing the church in upholding
    capitalism. In society, the education system is large institution, however different
    sociologists perceive it fulfils different agendas.

    Functionalists see the education system as something fundamental to social


    solidarity. This is because the main functionalist dogma is one of society being
    like a system; education being a pivotal organ in the smooth running of society.
    This is echoed by Durkheim who claims school is society in miniature. Davis and
    Moore argued that inequality in society is justifiable due to job allocation. This is
    because education serves as an indication to what jobs people are suitable for,
    and people differ in intelligence, skill and talent and for society to run at an
    effective level it is crucial that roles are filled by the most talented and
    appropriate people. This would be criticized and disputed by Marxists and
    feminists.

    The education system is seen by Marxists as a vehicle for ideological control.


    They believe it burgeons capitalism by conditioning in exploitation to the future
    population, to benefit a minority the bourgeoisie. Marxists believe school
    accomplishes this by making the learning environment competitive and workesque, for example most maths questions are about shop keeping and other
    subservient, working class jobs. A life of exploitation even trickles down to a
    schools dress code. This was previously carried out by the church.
    Future exploitation school uniform (subtle way)
    Althusser- arm chair theoriser

    This is criticized by feminists

    Feminists see

    1. Functioanlists
    2. Marxists

    3. New Right/Neo Liberal


    4. Post Modernism/Feminism
    To complete the socialization process.
    The school and other institutions have come into being in place of family to complete
    the socialization process. It is the function of education to see that unfounded beliefs,
    illogical prejudices and unreasoned loyalties are removed from the child's mind,
    though the school has its own limitations in this regard, it is expected to continue its
    efforts in reforming the attitudes of the child.

    To transmit the central heritage :


    This social heritage (culture) must be transmitted through social organisations.
    For the formation of social personality
    Education helps in transmitting culture through proper molding of social
    personalities. In this way, it contributes to the integration, to survive and to reproduce
    themselves.
    Education for occupational placement :
    Education must prepare the student for future occupational positions, the youth
    should be enabled to play a productive role in society.
    Conferring of Status :
    Conferring of status is one of the most important function of education. The amount
    of education one has, is correlated with his class position. This is four in U.S.A.,
    U.S.S.R., Japan, Germany and some other societies.
    Education is related to one's position in the stratification structure in two ways. (1) An
    evaluation of one's status is partially decided by what kind of education one has
    received and (2) Many of the other important criteria of class position such as
    occupation, income and style of life are partially the result of the type and amount of
    education one has had.
    Men who finish college, for example, earn two and a half times as much as those
    who have a grammar school education.
    Education encourages the spirit of competition :

    The teacher admires and praises those who d well and frowns upon those who fail to
    do well. The schools ranking system serves to prepare for a later ranking system.

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