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Assignment 2 - Data response (f) - type question This essay discusses the functionalist and Marxist approach to the relationship between education and economy. The functionalist approach to education follows the same principles as all functionalist approaches to the study of society. It is concerned with the functions or role of education for society as a whole, in particular its contribution to maintaining social stability through the development of value consensus, social harmony and cohesion. It examines the links between education and other social institutions, such as family and the work place. There are 2 important writers for this who are Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) and the American functionalist Talcott Parson. They identified four basic functions on education which is passing on society's culture, providing a bridge between particularistic values and ascribed status of the family and the universalistic values and achieved status of industrial society, providing a trained and qualified labour...

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