Functionalist: Important institution

1. five manifest functions:
     a. socialization

     b. transmission of culture

     c. social control

     d. social placement

     e. change and innovation

2. three latent functions
     a. restricting some activities

     b. matchmaking and production of social networks

     c. creation of a generation gap

3. Education has certain dysfunctions

 

Conflict: Education Perpetuates inequalities

1. reproduction of class

2. hidden curriculum

3. unequal funding

4. segregated and resegregated schools

5. class, race, and social reproduction in higher education