Class: Inside Of School Factors, Sorting Students For The Workplace (functionalism)

Question 1

Durkheim

Answer 1

• claim that education should emphasise the moral responsibilities that members of society have towards each other and should pass on social solidarity and Valley consensus
• Education ensures people have the skills for a specialised division of labour and claim that standardised testing helps to assess skills

Question 2

Davis & Moore

Answer 2

• claim that education performs role allocation and helps to sort, sift and grade students in terms of ability which is rewarded in exam success
• those with the most ability are then rewarded in a meritocratic society in terms of economic rewards to ensure the best people fill the most functionally important roles