Education
Brittany McBryant
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Why do we have Schools? A Functionalist Perspective. Education is a social institution through which a society’s children are taught basic academic knowledge, learning skills, and cultural norms (Kierns et. al, 2015). A functionalist would ask how our education systems serve our society. The answers to this question are that our school systems provide the knowledge and skills one needs to be productive in society, teaches the ideas and values that will be acceptable by cultural norms, an environment for citizens in a society to socialize, and also provides teachers to teach children to become a part of society and fill the growing job market (Brodsky, 2018). Functionalist
Brittany McBryant
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Why do we have Schools? A Functionalist Perspective. Education is a social institution through which a society’s children are taught basic academic knowledge, learning skills, and cultural norms (Kierns et. al, 2015). A functionalist would ask how our education systems serve our society. The answers to this question are that our school systems provide the knowledge and skills one needs to be productive in society, teaches the ideas and values that will be acceptable by cultural norms, an environment for citizens in a society to socialize, and also provides teachers to teach children to become a part of society and fill the growing job market (Brodsky, 2018). Functionalist