1. Functionalist perspective on education
For instance if we start having less children then the education system will be effected. ... If everyone was qualified to carry out skilled jobs such as being a doctor or lawyer then there would be no one to carry out essential tasks which require less qualifications. ... However by including more subjects which were less academic into the curriculum the more academic students could be effected, as they may not achieve there full potential. ... He believed if academic achievement was encouraged and all were placed in the same situation then society would receive motivated achievers. ...
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