Education - Functionalism (L.A) Flashcards
Bridge
A type of social tie that connects two different groups in a social network.
Universalistic Standards
Everyone is judged by the same standards, regardless of family ties, class, race, ethnicity, gender or sexuality
Particularistic Standards
Children are not judged by standards that can be applied to everyone in society
Norms
The informal, mostly unwritten, rules that define acceptable and appropriate actions.
Values
A culture’s standard for discerning what is good and just in society.
Ascribed Status
Status that people gain through birth or inherited.
Achieved Status
The role / status people get from working hard and earning it.
Socialisation Function
The process through which individuals learn the norms and values of society, leading to social cohesion and a functional society.
Meritocracy
A social system in which advancement in society is based on an individual’s capabilities and merits rather than on the basis of family, wealth, or social background.
Economic Function
The provision of goods and services, the economy needs goods and services that society needs, to make it possible.
Society in Miniature
Education provides children with necessary secondary socialisation, which creates a smaller society.
Equality of Opportunity
Where individuals are provided with an equal chance in life regardless of social class, ethnicity, age, gender, sexuality or religion.
Integration
The ways that different groups come together to form a whole society.
Social Solidarity
How society holds together and what ties the individual to the society
Role Allocation
Sifting and sorting people into the roles that they will go on to perform in life.
