Functionalist and Marxist Approaches to Education and Economy

Educational economic method of functionalism and Marxism The views of functionalism and Marxism differ greatly in the relationship between education and economics. Both views argue that the educational system provides specific functions to society, but they do not agree with the purpose of these functions, and more importantly, who will benefit from it. Functionalists believe that the educational system provides a positive educational experience that will benefit children and society.

The functionalist's view shows that everyone benefits from the functions performed by the educational system. Conflict theory like the Marxist approach, argues that this is not a fact, but that education is seen as a tool to legalize and reproduce social inequality and division. The Marxist approach is relevant as it promotes the idea that the lower class / work is being trained while the middle class is being educated, as it is interpreted as helping justify the classification.

Marxists usually argue that equality is impossible in a class society. Like functionalists, people believe that the connection between education and the economy is different from functionalist - they believe this relationship is positive and beneficial to the industrial society - for Marxists, The existence of the educational system helps bourgeoisie well and invalidates proletariat to shape children into a role as a capitalist society of interest, class definition. Other factors in the classroom can also determine the success or failure of education. For example, the concept of label theory and self-realizing prediction. These depend on the idea that if someone tags it in a certain way, others will respond to their behavior based on that tag, that person acts according to that tag and produces self-contained prophecy doing.