QUESTION 1
Teachers are in effect agents of capitalism who through their classroom work reproduce the exploitative relations of capitalism. They produce pupil 'types' who will accordingly receive more or less education and enter the labour force at different points
(a) What are the key functions of Education, according to the Structural- Functionalists?
(b) How does Education serve the interest of the Capitalists, according to the Social-Conflict perspective?
(c) Discuss the symbolic-Interactionists views on differential achievement at school