Theories of Functionalism and Marxism in Education

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According to Durkheim, education serves as a society in miniature and is responsible for building social solidarity and passing on value consensus. This perspective is associated with which sociological theory?

  • Functionalism (correct)
  • New Right
  • Marxism
  • Postmodernism

According to Davis and Moore, education plays a crucial role in selecting and allocating individuals to different job positions based on their abilities. This perspective is associated with which sociological theory?

  • Marxism
  • New Right
  • Postmodernism
  • Functionalism (correct)

According to Althusser, education functions as an ideological state apparatus that reproduces false consciousness by promoting the ideology of the ruling class. This perspective is associated with which sociological theory?

  • Postmodernism
  • Functionalism
  • New Right
  • Marxism (correct)

According to Bourdieu, education legitimizes and perpetuates class inequalities by favoring the middle class who possess cultural capital. This perspective is associated with which sociological theory?

<p>Marxism (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the New Right perspective, what should be in place in education in order to raise standards?

<p>A free market and competition (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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