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Functionalism views education as serving to integrate individuals into society by teaching them shared values and skills needed for specialized roles, with benefits including a strengthened sense of membership in a larger group through learning rules, developing specialist skills that allow fair judgement of ability, and creating a meritocratic society through consensus on values and allocation of roles.
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