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Resear
chonmor eschool
pract
icesbasedonthef
unct
ional
istt
heor
y,conf
li
ctt
heor
yand
symboli
cint
eract
iont
heor
y.Writethem onawhol
esheetofpapert
obepassedincl
ass.

Funct
ional
i
stt
heor
y

-Functi
onali
stsvieweducat ionasoneoft hemoreimportantsociali
nsti
tuti
onsinasoci ety.
Theycont endthateducat i
oncont r
ibutest woki
ndsoffunctions:manif
estfuncti
ons,whi chare
theintendedandv i
siblefunctionsofeducat i
onandlat
entf uncti
ons,whicharethehiddenand
unintendedfuncti
ons. Thef unctionalisttheor
yofeducati
onf ocusesonhoweducat i
onser ves
theneedsofsoci etyt hroughdev el
opmentofski l
ls,
encouragingsocialcohesi
onandsor ti
ngof
students.Accordingt ofunct i
onal i
sts,therol
eofschoolsistopreparestudentsforpart
icipat
ion
i
nt heinsti
tut
ionsofsoci ety.

Conf
li
ctt
heor
y

-Confl
icttheor
yseest hepurposeofeducat i
onasmai ntai
ningsoci alinequali
tyandpr eserv i
ng
thepoweroft hosewhodomi natesoci ety.Accor dingt oconfl
icttheor i
sts,schoolstrai
nt hosei n
thewor ki
ngclassest oacceptt heirpositionasal ower ‐cl
assmemberofsoci et y
.Confl
ict
theori
stsdonotbel ievethatpublicschool sreducesoci ali
nequali
t y.Rather,t
heybel i
evet hatthe
educationalsystem reinf
orcesandper petuatessoci ali
nequali
tiest hatari
sef rom di
fferencesi n
class,gender,
race,andet hnicit
y.Wher ef unctionalistsseeeducat ionasser vingabenef i
cialrol
e,
confli
cttheori
stsviewi tmor enegatively.Tot hem, educati
onalsy stemspr eser v
ethest atusquo
andpushpeopl eoflowerst atusintoobedi ence.

Sy
mbol
i
cint
eract
iont
heor
y

-Symbolicinteract
ionism seeseducat i
onasonewayt hatlabelingtheoryisseeni nacti
on.A
symbol i
cinteracti
onistmi ghtsayt hatthislabel
inghasadi r
ectcor relat
iontot hosewhoar ein
powerandt hosewhoar elabel ed.Forexampl e,l
owst andardizedt estscoresorpoor
perfor
mancei napar ti
cularclassof tenleadtoast udentwhoi slabeledasal owachi ev
er.
The
symbol i
cinteracti
onistper spectivefocusesonsoci alint
eractionint heclassroom, onschool
playgr
ounds, andatot herschool -
rel
atedv enues.Soci
al i
nteract i
oncont ri
butest ogender-
rol
e
social
izati
on, andteachers' expectati
onsmayaf fectt
heirstudent s'perfor
mance.