Role and functions of education: functionalism

What only applies to that particular person in a given situation e.g. home?

• Human capital
• Hidden curriculum
• Particularistic values
• Universalistic values

What are the informal processes that happen in school which teach the norms and values of society?

• Human capital
• Hidden curriculum
• Particularistic values
• Universalistic values

What is the knowledge, skills, values, habits and creativity that make someone an economic asset to society?

• Human capital
• Hidden curriculum
• Particularistic values
• Universalistic values

What applies to all members of society equally?

• Human capital
• Hidden curriculum
• Particularistic values
• Universalistic values

Who said that education is a means of sifting and sorting people into their future work roles?

• Durkheim
• Parsons
• Shultz
• Davis and Moore

Who said that education provides secondary socialisation and builds social solidarity?

• Durkheim
• Parsons
• Shultz
• Davis and Moore

Who said that education develops human capital, benefitting the wider economy?

• Durkheim
• Parsons
• Shultz
• Davis and Moore

Who said that education is a bridge between the family and society?

• Durkheim
• Parsons
• Shultz
• Davis and Moore

Who criticised functionalism for seeing children as passive puppets of socialisation?

• Bowles and Gintis
• Marxists
• Feminists
• Wong

Who criticised functionalism for its explanation of meritocracy and argued that this is a myth?

• Bowles and Gintis
• Marxists
• Feminists
• Wong