d) Assess the contribution of Marxism to our understanding of the role of education Marxists. the Functionalist view that industrial capitalist societies are meritocracies and that every ones’ position in society is based on talent and hard work. Bowles and Gintis suggest ideas for why this is the case. They bases their theory around the idea of education being an ideological state apparatus. Bowles and Gintis’ theory is based on the ‘long shadow of work’ and the legitimating of inequality. When
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quote‚ I deem myself capable of becoming one of the essential pieces that would make a complete picture of the class. I believe that variety of skills which I possess from my diversified personal and professional experiences will influence my contributions to your college. I am an engineer with interest in arts‚ a man with technical aptitude with inclination towards business‚ and a person with zeal towards personal goals with dedication towards social responsibility. With these diversified facets
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An Analysis of the relationship between Caliban and Prospero Their relationship is very important as Prospero and Caliban represent different worlds‚ the civilised and the uncivilised world. Prospero being the educated civilised character who invades the native Caliban’s island. Caliban is a disrespectful and is disobedient. The immediate impression of the relationship between the‚ uncivilised Caliban and the authoritative Prospero is that it is one of aggression and hatred. Prospero directly
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Contributions of Ancient Greece Many of the roots of Western society can be traced back to ancient Greece. The longest areas of contribution are architecture‚ medicine‚ and philosophy. The philosophical area of ancient Greece is one of the most important; it foundededucational laws and many other things. Also architecture was a major part of what ancient Greece left behind considering they constructed huge buildings that still stand today. Greece was known as one of the founders of modern medicine
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view on education. They see is as a process that instils the shared values of society as a whole. Functionalists believe education performs three main functions: social solidarity‚ specialist skills and role allocation. Durkheim indentified two main functions of education: creating social solidarity and teaching specialist skills. Social solidarity is an individual feeling and being part of a single community. Without social solidarity members would follow their own selfish desires. Education helps
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Caesarea‚ becoming helpful in the decision to evangelise the Gentiles. St. Thomas the Apostle‚ also an apostle and a contributor for the growth of the early church‚ helped to preach the gospel. In fact‚ he was the only Apostle who went outside the Roman empire to preach the gospel. 2. What are the challenges that they encounter in the early years of Christianity? One of the challenges that the Apostles encountered is the rivalry among themselves. The rivalry between Peter and Paul is one of the
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Contributions of Charlemagne During all the history have been a lot of great emperor‚ kings‚ and all the realty stuff which in the past they have a lot of importance because they have to govern the people and also give an example and in a way teach them how to live and be the head of the country. Charlemagne that means Charles the great was the king of the Franks and he expanded his empire greatly. He was a Christian governor and he makes a lot of things to the church and for its country. In the
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alive this is the same as society according to a functionalist. Education according to Emilie Durkheim (1903) consists of two main functions‚ creating social solidarity and teaching specialist skills. Social solidarity is the sense of being part of a group or society. Functionalists believe this is key to making education run accordingly as without social solidarity people would only self indulge in their own desires. Education helps to create social solidarity as it helps transmit societies culture
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Democracy has existed since long ago. Of course it took time to create it. Slowly‚ it began to form. Democracy is rule of the people‚ by the people. Greeks‚ Romans‚ Jews‚ and Christians all took part in molding today’s modern democracy. All these different cultures made an effect to democracy. For example‚ Greeks philosophy was equality to all‚ Romans contributed with The Twelve Tables‚ and the Judeo-Christians based their moral values from the bible. Greeks were among the first civilizations to contribute
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Describe the contributions of the Greeks and Romans to Western Civilization‚ explaining their accomplishments and the classical virtues they developed. The Greeks and Romans contributions to western civilization cannot be over stated. They were vital in many ways to future generations. Both through science the arts and the frameworks of future governments Greeks were one of the first great civilized societies in the Western area. They started like many societies at this time
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