One perspective that supports this Is the functionalist view that secondary solicitation prepares children for work later on In life. They believe secondary solicitation does this as in a school environment you learn the norms and values of authority figures, for example, the teachers. Functionalists therefore believe that this can then later be applied In the work place as the norms and values are carried on however the authority figure role changes from Teacher to Boss.
Functionalist Tailcoat Parsons also believe that school and society are based on meritocracies principles. Parsons claimed school to be the ‘focal collapsing agency’ acting as a bridge between family and the wider society, e. G the work place. Parsons sees school as preparing us to move from family to the wider society because they are both based on meritocracy principles. In meritocracy everyone is given equal opportunities and individuals achieve rewards through their own effort and ability.
This can be applied to the work place. Marxist believe that the education system’s role is the ideological apparatus of the state; it spreads ruling-class ideology and favors the middle class. Marxist such as Altruists, Bowels & Giants and Broodier disagree with this statement as they argue working class children get a second class education compared to middle class and are given an unrealistic expectation for the future.
This is further highlighted by Altruists (1971) who believed that educations main function is to reproduce an efficient and obedient workforce, Altruists believes that the education system has taken over from the Church as the main agent of ideological transition. For example, in the past most people accepted their positions n life, no matter how unbearable, because they believed it was Gods will. They were poor because God wished it so, they were hungry because God wished it so, and they were powerless because God wished it so.
Such beliefs are now in decline, although many still hold them, much more common is the belief that everything bolls down to the God of education. Those who are smart and hardworking do well In education and gain educational qualifications and In turn do well In the world of work. Those who are unemployed and working In low paid Jobs did not gain educational lubrications and were probably not academically gifted. This Is, however, an Ideological belief as it has been shown that the higher your parents social class so the higher your educational qualifications and duration spent In education.
Class still determines where you end up In the majority of cases. The education system propagates the view, however, that success Is all down to Intelligence and hard work. This evidence suggests that the education system selects people for the different social classes: asses the view that education system exists mainly to select and prepare young people or their future work roles By reanalyze 23 One perspective that supports this is the functionalist view that secondary solicitation prepares children for work later on in life.
They believe secondary can then later be applied in the work place as the norms and values are carried on however the authority figure role changes from Teacher to Boss. meritocracy principles. Parsons claimed school to be the ‘focal socializing agency’ many still hold them, much more common is the belief that everything boils down to the God of education. Those who are smart and hardworking do well in education ND gain educational qualifications and in turn do well in the world of work.
Those who are unemployed and working in low paid Jobs did not gain educational qualifications and were probably not academically gifted. This is, however, an ideological belief as it has been shown that the higher your parents social class so the higher your educational qualifications and duration spent in education. Class still determines where you end up in the majority of cases. The education system propagates the view, however, that success is all down to intelligence and hard work. Social classes;
