Answer to Question #244615 in Sociology for mpumie

Question

reflect on some known examples of functionalism in the South African education

Answer 1

functionalist will put an emphasis on positive aspects of schools such as socialisation: the learning of skills and attitudes in school. ... Skills provision is also important: education teaches the skills for the economy. For example, literacy, numeracy and IT for particular occupations.

South Africa, a national ACE in School Leadership is being introduced by the Department of Education as a

pre-service qualification targeted at developing aspiring principals. It is a professional qualifications, focusing on skills development, applied competence and on-site assessment.

16 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), predominantly comprising universities, are currently delivering and fielding testing the ACE using a common framework.