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Durkheim
identified two main functions of education: social solidarity and specialist skills
social solidarity
transmitting society’s culture from one generation to the next
specialist skills
teaching individuals the skills they need to take part in the social division of labour
Parsons
schools as the first true meritocracy
ascribed status
status fixed at birth
achieved status
status that can change due to the merits of the individual
Davis and Moore
inequality is necessary to ensure the most important roles are filled by the most talented people
role allocation
schools select and allocate pupils into their future work roles
(evaluation) Tumin
criticises Davis and Moore for a circular argument
(evaluation) Wrong
functionalists wrongly think that pupils passively accept all they are taught
