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This 3 page paper gives a good overview of the functionalist perspective as it is applied to education. The concept is explains and criticisms outlined. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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descriptive, with the theorists all taking a similar view that in order to function society has to be divided into different groups. Each group will perform required tasks to ensure
society continues functioning. This requires the people in the different sections to accept their role, and contribute within that role. The functionalist approach to education considers the role of education
in the way people are divided into these different groups. Numerous theorists have looked at the way society functions. One of the
first functionalists was Emile Durkheim, who argues a society is maintained by commonalities in the members of that sociality (Haralambos and Holborn, 2008). The unity needed to maintain the social
structure is supported with common values and attitudes that allows the society members to feel connected to each other; a form of unity. It is only when members of a
society are able to feel these connections and a sense of belonging that they will make a commitment to society and its values (Haralambos and Holborn, 2008). The
process of communicating these values may be argued as starting in the home, but education can play a very important role in proliferating and reinforcing the existing social values and
teaching the children about the social system by providing the same system in a micro environment (Haralambos and Holborn, 2008). Durkheim believed that school rules should be fully enforced
with punishment given out to fit the transgression. This, it was argued, would not only teach the rules and values, but also teach the children to use self control as
a way of avoiding punishment (Haralambos and Holborn, 2008). If the school rules can be respected societies rules are likely to be respected. Education was also seen by
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