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Examination of the Functionalist view that schools serve the interests of both society and individuals. The functionalist perspective is that society consists of institutions that are required to perform functional pre-requisites that are necessary for society to function. Schools are one of these institutions, and contribute to society by educating children and providing them with the necessary skills needed in working life later on. Also, schools provide secondary socialisation, taking over from the family, to instil societies beliefs and values in children and this is important to maintain social order by ensuring value consensus. Functionalist Emile Durkheim saw this secondary socialisation as being the main function of the education system. He looks at social solidarity, which teaches children a commitment to society and expresses the sense of the social unit being more important than the individual. Schools teach social solidarity through such things as assemblies, sports days, and in Durkheim's research...

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