https://padlet.com/j_ruddick/iiw39ggh7cbt Sociological educational theories en-us 2017-05-22 10:43:18 UTC 2025-10-10 14:31:36 UTC hello@padlet.com j_ruddick https://padlet.com/j_ruddick/iiw39ggh7cbt/wish/173107504 Functionalists like Parsons believe that the education system should be, and is, meritocratic. This means that everyone has an equal chance based on ability and effort.
Functionalists state that the education system performs 5 key functions.]]> 2017-05-22 10:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/j_ruddick/iiw39ggh7cbt/wish/173107504 j_ruddick https://padlet.com/j_ruddick/iiw39ggh7cbt/wish/173108551 Parsons argues that the education system acts as a bridge between the family and wider society as the family operates on particularistic norms and society operates on universalistic norms.]]> 2017-05-22 10:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/j_ruddick/iiw39ggh7cbt/wish/173108551 j_ruddick https://padlet.com/j_ruddick/iiw39ggh7cbt/wish/173108958 Davis and Moore argue that the education system selects pupils for their future work roles as it assesses pupils abilities and aptitudes to match people with the job that they are most suited to.This encourages everyone to work hard to secure the best jobs as pupils are sifted and sorted by ability
However Marxists would argue that it is the most privileged who get the positions, not the most talented.]]> 2017-05-22 10:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/j_ruddick/iiw39ggh7cbt/wish/173108958 j_ruddick https://padlet.com/j_ruddick/iiw39ggh7cbt/wish/173109528 Durkheim claims that the education system teaches pupils the specialist skills needed to play their part in the economy.
however the New Right argue that the modern education system is lacking in this area as the UK falls behind other global economies.]]> 2017-05-22 10:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/j_ruddick/iiw39ggh7cbt/wish/173109528 j_ruddick https://padlet.com/j_ruddick/iiw39ggh7cbt/wish/173109793 Schools socialise us to follow the rules of society and interact with others. The school can be seen as a society in miniature.
However Marxists argue that the education system pursuades the working-class to accept their boring montonous jobs.]]> 2017-05-22 11:01:40 UTC https://padlet.com/j_ruddick/iiw39ggh7cbt/wish/173109793 j_ruddick https://padlet.com/j_ruddick/iiw39ggh7cbt/wish/173110244 School passes on values from one generation to the next. In lessons such as History, English and RE the school reinforces our national identity. ]]> 2017-05-22 11:04:45 UTC https://padlet.com/j_ruddick/iiw39ggh7cbt/wish/173110244 j_ruddick https://padlet.com/j_ruddick/iiw39ggh7cbt/wish/173110512 The new right favour marketisation as it creates an education market. They believe that the education system doesn't meet the needs of the economy and the consumers, the pupils, parents and employers, have no say. They argue that competition between schools will bring greater diversity, choice and efficiency to schools.]]> 2017-05-22 11:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/j_ruddick/iiw39ggh7cbt/wish/173110512 j_ruddick https://padlet.com/j_ruddick/iiw39ggh7cbt/wish/173111199

They argue that the American state education has failed and it should be marketised. Chubb and Moe's arguement comes from findings that 60,000 pupils from low income families in over 1,000 state and private schools achieved better results in private schools. This made Chubb and Moe decide that marketisation and parentocracy would improve education. ]]> 2017-05-22 11:11:55 UTC https://padlet.com/j_ruddick/iiw39ggh7cbt/wish/173111199 j_ruddick https://padlet.com/j_ruddick/iiw39ggh7cbt/wish/173111828  At the ages of 7, 11 and 14 pupils are tested to feed into leaue tables.]]> 2017-05-22 11:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/j_ruddick/iiw39ggh7cbt/wish/173111828