Malavika G NairAIR 45 · CSE 2024 · 248 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening · a definition
The AGIL Model of Parsons is a framework by which any social system or subsystem of action can be analyzed under the four functional prerequisites of being a system - i.e Adaptation, Goal Achievement, Integration and Latency.
Application on the Educational System
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(1) The Educational system may be broadly categorized as a part of the cultural sub system of society. It helps in integration through value consensus, and ensuring harmony.
(2) Adaptational Need: The educational system can contribute to the economic system of society by providing trained personnel, effective functional role allocation etc - [Davis and Moore]
(3) Goal Attainment in society through the political system will be aided by
education though providing stable avenues of social mobility, political awareness, participation etc.
(4) Latency needs of the society is managed by education whereby the school system and structure of authority relations forming the basis for other social life and co-operation e.g. Authority of teacher respected translated to following rules as an adult.
(5) The Educational system also provides an avenue for socialization of the individual allowing him to be a fully functioning social member.
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The AGIL framework and functionalist scheme fails to see the 'status quoist' tendencies of education system. For e.g. Low social mobility was found in David Glass study (1950), Oxford study (1970) and Essex studies (1980s) in Britain. High level of elite self recruitment, lack of cultural capital (Bourdieu) and Marxist perspective of education as an ideological state (Althusser) apparatus is neglected by AGIL schema.