Marxism V Functionalism

Question 1

give 2 comparisons of marxism and functionalism

Answer 1

• both see education as serving the needs of industrial and/or capitalist society
• both see schools as playing a told in legitimising social inequality

Question 2

give 2 differences of functionalism and marxism

Answer 2

• education serves the needs of an industrial society with an advanced decision of labour-funtionalism
• education serves the needs of a capitalist society divided into social class-marxism