He believed that all students should have the opportunity to take part in their own learning. Education was not only a place to gain content knowledge, but was a place to learn how to live. Schools shouldn’t just be a place to learn a pre-determined set of skills but rather to realize one’s full potential and their ability to use these skills. He said, “An ounce of experience is better than a ton of theory, simply because it is only in the experience that any theory has vital and verifiable significance.” In Dewey’s opinion the role of teachers are social servants. They are there to assist children on how to act appropriately on ideas they form themselves.
Family system theory it explains why family act the way that they do in different situations. This theory is typically used in family counseling and therapy; much can be learned from examining it in the context of early childhood settings. Family systems theory has been used in trying to understand problems of students in school settings (Sawatzky, Eckert, & Ryan 1993; Widerman & Widerman 1995; Kraus 1998; Van Velsor & Cox 2000). The need to understand early childhood setting is indicates by professional organization so they can prepare early childhood and elementary professional. The concept of family theory is to help each member of the family by influencing and encouraging each other.
They are able to manipulate the education system to their advantage which means their children have a better chance at doing well in school. Disconnected-local choosers and semi-skilled choosers are working-class parents who have a lack of cultural capital and therefore their child’s academic progress suffers as they are usually sent to ‘local’ schools which they aren’t necessarily best suited for. Children who have cultural capital also have an elaborated code (wider vocabulary) which gives them an advantage at school as it is the code used by teachers and in textbooks. The elaborated code is typically used by middle class and helps with their academic achievement. Children with a lack of cultural capital are more likely to use the restricted code (limited vocabulary) which disadvantages them at school as they feel excluded and are therefore less successful.
These include a stable satisfaction of the sex drive, which help prevent a sexual ‘free-for-all’. Secondly, Murdock claimed another function was the reproduction of the next generation. Thirdly, the family socializes the young into society’s shared norms and values, and finally it meets it’s members’ economic needs, such as food and shelter. The concept of Murdock’s four essential functions are described in Item 2B concerning the “socializing children into the norms and values of society” function. It can be argued that without the family, there would be no form of primary socialization, which takes place largely within the family where the child learns key things such as language, basic skills and norms.
The first function of the family is the educational function which is one of the four theorised functions according to George Peter Murdock. The educational function is an important social institution as it allows parents to provide a stable environment where children can be socialised into the culture of their society. Talcott Parsons similarly identifies this as part of Primary Socialisation where children are essentially educated on the typical norms and values of a society. This means that from their parents, children can learn discipline, obedience, manners etc. Functionalists believe that it is functional in all families however they do not consider the darker side such as, domestic violence, neglect, which can drastically affect the educational function of the family as the child is not learning in a safe environment.
In the same way that children pass through developmental phases, educational organizations travel through fairly predictable stages as they grow and learn. Teachers should invite parents to participate in their child’s education in specific ways. Sometimes, cultural differences exclude active participation in school functions. Teachers’ should find ways to establish good relationships with parents who are from different cultural backgrounds (Nieto, 2000). Within those backgrounds are differences that make and improve people.
Primary socialisation describes how the nuclear family is the best place for young people to learn the norms and values of society, thus reproducing a socialised population. C) The family will help socialise the young people so they are a better fit for society as a whole. If there was no structured family then society would be un-stable. The family also helps in providing the economic security of all its members. This means that all the young people will have the food and shelter needed to grow up and this will help reproduce a stable society.
ACADEMIC DEFICITS Achievement and prestige are basic human needs. School is the likeliest place to experience these, yet students with academic deficits learn the opposite of these in the most cruel ways, in the very place where they should learn about SUCCESS. What is Academic Deficit? The term is used to cover a wide range of learning difficulties that may or may not result in discrepancies between intelligence and achievement. Learning disorder is not a disease.
Each of these functions is seen to support the society in a varied amount of ways. For example when looking at reproduction (procreation) it is important that people carry on having children for society, as it needs continuous new members to ensure its survival. This is one of the most important functions, as the child is being brought into society, and contributing something too it. The educational function to an individual and to society for example is good for both as children are now learning the norms and values of life, when the child is older they will know the rights and wrongs to fit in, in life and within society. The family gives children a stable environment that they are able to learn and grow from.
Punishment in these homes is rare, as authoritative parents use natural consequences so their children are able to learn and grow from their mistakes. Children of authoritative parents are encouraged to be independent and meet their parents' high standards, which results in a positive sense of self” (Schmidt, 2011). "They monitor and impart clear standards for their children’s conduct. They are assertive, but not intrusive and restrictive. Their disciplinary methods are supportive, rather than punitive.