Evaluation of functionalism

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Mind Map on Evaluation of functionalism, created by alice.fletcher12 on 16/04/2014.
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Evaluation of functionalism
  1. Education benefits society as a whole
    1. Marxists argue that education benefits the ruling class while feminists see it as benefiting men
    2. Education promotes the norms and values of society as a whole
      1. Marxists see education as promoting the values of powerful groups. Hargreaves believes education promoted competition and individualism rather than shared values
      2. Education promotes social solidarity
        1. Education can be divisive because of a hierachy of schools and universities which can separate social classes
        2. Education achievement is based on merit
          1. A great deal of research shows that class, gender and ethnicity influence educational achievement
          2. Education selects the most appropriate people to do particular jobs
            1. Other factors apart from qualifications influence the labour market
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