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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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