Functionalist Perspective of Education

This is a comprenhsive and detailed look at the Functionalist view of Education.

All resources are colourful, supported with image and video resources and are engaging for year 12 and 13 students. They offer lots of discussion points.

This pack contains

46-slide PowerPoint presentation (one formatted for for PC and one for Mac)
Student booklet to accompany lessons
Sample response
Mark scheme
Assessment materials
Built in assessment

Content:

Re-cap of Funcationalism - starter
The Funcation of education
Brief history of education in the UK - discussion of the Industrial Revolution as a pivot point
Durkheim:
Transmission of norms/values
Social Solidarity
Talcott Parsons:
Focal Socialising Agent
Paticularistic/Ascribed standards and Universalistic Standards
The Bridge
School as a meritocracy
Points for and against this argument
David and Moore: Selection and Role Allocation / Inequality is necessary

Built in assessment, planning, writing and marking exercises.

This resource pack is comprehensive.