+1 862 207 3288 If we look at education in the broadest possible sense, it can be seen simply as one aspect of socialisation. Both Functionalists and Marxists agree on the fact that education plays an important part in society, not only providing knowledge but shaping our beliefs and moral values. Although they both recognise the importance of education they both have very different views on the social purposes of education.
As with the functionalist approach in general, the functionalist view of education does tend to focus more on the positive contributions that education provides to the social system….(short extract)
