Question

From a __________ perspective, schools are responsible for teaching students to be productive members of society, the transmission of culture, social control and personal development, and the selection, training, and placement of individuals into different levels in society.

Answer 1

Answer:

Functionalist.

Explanation:

As the exercise exemplifies with the focus and perspective schools are responsible of (molding students to be productive members of sociey, transmiting culture, social control, solidarity, etc), the functionalist perspective sees a society as a system of gears in which, in order to work all together, all of them must have stability. This perspective divides society into different levels and focuses on the social structures to shape it. This theory addresses society as a whole in terms of institutions, traditions, norms, etc.