Other Functionalists argue that the role of education is to draw the bridge between family and the wider society, and also to serve as a device for selection and allocation.The aim of this essay is to assess the contribution of functionalists views to our understanding of the role of education. ... According to Durkheim, education system helps to create social solidarity by transmitting society's culture from one generation to the next. ... According to them, education does not promote the marxist view of society inequality but rather reproduces diversity. ... He calls school a "focal s...

• Word Count: 1442
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Freire's (1970) criticism of the banking model of education is that it views students as blank slates to be filled; the obvious error in this banking model is that the students are effectively taken out of the learning cycle. ... By viewing learning as students engaged in processes that questions their world, students will be the ones to shape their own attitudes, beliefs, and ideas, leading them to shape their world. ... Apart from inquiry-based learning specifically, Giorgis and Johnson (2001) note the link between reflection and learning, stating, " it is not uncommon to discover tha...

• Word Count: 1269
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After reading research from multiple psychologists, it is clear that to fully understand humans and the way they act, one must study both idiographic and nomothetic characteristics. ... "The term 'nomothetic' comes from the Greek word 'nomos' meaning 'law'. ... Equipped with the knowledge of universal and timeless laws of nature, we can not only build bridges on earth, but also send robots to the moon and beyond. From the nomothetic point of view, there is no need to single out any specific individual as a special case; each and every one of us is equall...

• Word Count: 1395
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The three (3) components to abnormality are: deviance from the norm, difficulty adapting to life's demand and experience of personal distress. 3. ... These models are systematic ways of viewing and explaining what we see in the world. ... This model rests on the assumption that mental states, emotions, and behaviors arise from brain function and other physical processes. ... This model also focuses on mental structures that comes from the Freudian theory that assumes mental states, emotions and behaviors arise from motives and conflicts within a person. ... Driving on the bridge propos...

• Word Count: 1807
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate