Which of these is a function of education?

Teaching skills needed for work

How do functionalists view education?

As benefiting everyone by teaching skills and sorting people by ability

That it reproduces class inequality and prepares working-class pupils for low-paid work

A state school is free and government-funded; an independent school charges fees

A state school taking pupils of all abilities from its local area without a test

It can be unfair and tends to favour middle-class children who can be coached

Poverty meaning no quiet space to study and fewer books and computers

As general average patterns that sociologists study, not facts about individuals

Attaching a judgement to a pupil, such as 'bright' or 'troublemaker'

When a label comes true because people act as if it is already true

A group of pupils who reject the values and aims of the school

Setting and streaming pupils by ability

They result from home and school factors working together

The norms and values, such as obedience and punctuality, taught indirectly in school

15questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

Which of these is a function of education?
How do functionalists view education?
What do Marxists argue about education?
Which perspective focuses on small-scale interactions inside school, such as labelling?
What is the difference between a state and an independent school?
What is a comprehensive school?
What is one argument against selecting pupils by ability?
Which of these is a 'material' factor affecting attainment?
How should patterns of attainment by class, gender and ethnicity be treated?
What is 'labelling' in school?
What is the self-fulfilling prophecy?
What is an anti-school subculture?
Which factor is an 'in-school' rather than a 'home' factor?
What do most sociologists conclude about differences in achievement?
What is the 'hidden curriculum'?