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'A*' grade 30 mark essay focused on exploring the Marxists and Functionalists views of education and the functions it provides for the state. With a clear structure including an introduction and conclusion. Each point is evaluated and evidenced with studies and points from sociologists such as Durk...

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Whilst Marxist and Functionalists approaches focuses on similar ideas, they reach very different views
on the role of education [30 marks]

Functionalists and Marxists both have their own views on education. Whilst they do focus on some
similar ideas such as that education prepares students for jobs later in life, they disagree on the main
role of education. Marxists see education as a system that works to reproduce capitalism. However,
functionalists see education as a system that creates social solidarity throughout all of society.

Functionalists see education as a positive system which benefits everyone in society. The functionalist
Durkheim sees one of the main functions of education as creating social solidarity across the whole of
society. Social solidarity is the sense of belonging to a wider society and the view that society is more
important than the individual. Durkheim argued that without social solidarity society would not be able
to function, as everybody would be pursuing their own selfish desires, rather than thinking as a society,
this is why education needs to create this. An example of how schools create social solidarity is by the
teaching of history. Through teaching the history of the country, it gives everyone a shared heritage
which creates the feeling of social solidarity. However, by teaching the history of our country this could
exclude students from ethnic minorities who are from other countries. This will then exclude them from
society, instead of making them feel part of a community.This is a key idea from functionalists on the
role of education and focuses on uniting society.

Another role of education according to functionalists is act as the bridge between family life and
society. Person's sees this as necessary as the standards by which each person is judged by is different.
In the family the child is judged by particularistic values and they have an ascribed status. These are
values specific to each child and this status means it is fixed from birth. However, in society each person
is judged by universalistic standards and have an achieved status. These are values that are the same for
everyone and are used to judge everyone. An achieved status is one that is earnt through hard work and
effort. Parson's describes society as being based on meritocracy. Schools use the same meritocratic
principles as society which is how it prepares students for society. For example, by using the same
exams to judge everyone across the country this is an example of universalistic standards. However
Marxists disagree with the idea of meritocracy, and describe it as a myth. They describe the myth of
meritocracy as schools rewarding behaviour which makes a submissive worker and punishing behaviour
that could be used to rebel against capitalism.

Marxists see education as a system which is used to reproduce capitalism, and reduce the threat of the
lower classes rebelling against it. The myth of meritocracy is an example of how the education system
disguises their true intentions yet still reinforces the power of the upper class. This is used to justify class
inequalities, and make the w/c feel they deserve their subservient position. Another way the education
system makes this happen is by transmitting the ideology that capitalism is fair, as to reduce the threat
of rebellion against capitalism. The education system is as Althusser describes it an ideological state
apparatus. This means it passes on the beliefs and ideology of the ruling class. This keeps the students
unaware of their exploitation, and therefore they will not feel capitalism is wrong, but instead deserved.
Marxists see the education system as a large platform to share the ideology of the ruling class and to
control the next generation into accepting capitalism. However some would argue that this idea is too

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