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Althusser claims that education helps to create a docile and obedient workforce who will not challenge authority.  For Althusser, education is a tool of Capitalism or part of the state ideological apparatus, passing on the belief that society is fair, when it isnt. Education legitimises inequality.

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The Sociology Revision Song -LRB- Sociology and Education

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Marxists claim that education passes on capitalist ideology.

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1. Evidence of differential achievement in terms of class, gender and ethnicity suggests that education is meritocratic.

2. 'Who you know' is still more important that what you know in some parts of society. So, the allocation function is not working properly.

3. The Education system does not necessarily prepare people adequately for work. E.g lack of engineering graduates is failing to produce what employers and the economy needs.

4. Functionalism does not examine how education may serve the interests of particular groups in terms of ideology and values. It does not examine conflict.

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say that there is a link between pupil experiences at school and adult work. Schools prepares children for the adult work by:
-teaching them to accept hierarchy
-motivating them using grades to do boring work
-breaking the school day into units
-following the rules will end in reward

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A quick guide!

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Marxists argue that Education legitimises inequality through ideology.

1. Education prepares children for a lifetime in the world of work by giving them the skills and values that employers need for work.
2. Education passes on ruling class ideology that supports Capitalism.
3. Education legitimises inequality.

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Davis and Moore (1945) say that every society sorts its members into different positions. They think that there are rules for how education does this- called "principles of stratification". They believe that there has to be a system of unequal rewards (more money or status) to motivate people to train how to do this.

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Functionalism: 3 key functions of Education

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Functionalism: 3 key functions of Education

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1. Secondary socialization (passing on core values)
2.Sifts and sorts people into the appropriate jobs (allocation function)
3. Education teaches the skills needed to work and by the economy.

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Key Words

-Functionalism

-Ideology

-Allocation

-Secondary Socialisation

-Norms and Values

-Consensus

-Meritocratic

-Stratification

-Anomie

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A mini intro to the ideas of Durkheim

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Parsons describes school as a bridge between the family and adult roles in society. Schools pass on a universal value of achievement. Parsons says that education selects children into appropriate roles because it is meritocratic (meaning that the best go to the top). He agrees with Durkheim that education helps to make people agree about norms and values.

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Durkheim said that education passes on 'norms and values' in order to integrate individuals into society. Educations helps to create social order based on cohesion and value consensus, and to strengthen social solidarity.