Both the structural Functionalist and conflict Marxist theories agree that education plays an important role in selecting members of society into different roles, but they differ in their arguments on how education performs this role. Use these two sociological theories to critique the view that education is the meritocratic means for selecting and allocating members of society into different roles in society. Length: Maximum of 5 typed pages. Use Aerial font size 12 and line spacing of 1.5.
Both the structural Functionalist and conflict Marxist theories agree that education plays an important role in selecting members of society into different roles, but they differ in their arguments on how education performs this role. Use these two sociological theories to critique the view that education is the meritocratic means for selecting and allocating members of society into different roles in society. Length: Maximum of 5 typed pages. Use Aerial font size 12 and line spacing of 1.5.
Sociology as a broad academic discipline has various theories and concepts to explain the working and functioning of the society. Each theory interprets a different version of the society as a result, every theory stands correct from their view point. Sociologist use different theories to explain major social institutions, action and human behavior. Education is one of the major social institution and agent of social mobility in present society. Both structural functional theory and conflict Marxist theory explains the role of education for different perspective.
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