Equality of opportunity was a key message through the 1988 Education Act; most people believe that all children should be provided with opportunities to develop in an equal measure to those across all class/ethnic/gender backgrounds. ... Marxist sociologists, Bowles and Gintis found that the IQ test was not influenced on ability but the most important factor was their primary socialization, mainly the parent's background. ... Functionalists would argue New Vocationalism is beneficial for society as it prepares individuals with the specialist skills required for their role in the workplace...

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One of these conclusions, which comes from a functionalist point of view, is the idea that the primary function of education is to help socialize children and prepare them for their eventual entrance into society as adults. ... Thousands of immigrant children as well as adults in the United States today are learning English, US history, and other subjects that ultimately help prepare them for the workforce and integrate them into American life. ... Although education's primary role is to prepare students for later positions in society, its "by-product" unfortunately perpetuate...

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At the time of the education act in 1870 it was argued that the expansion of state provided elementary education was vital to Britain's economic and industrial progress The dynamics that make forced schooling detrimental to healthy human development aren't difficult to spot: the work in classrooms isn't significant work; it fails to satisfy real needs pressing on the individual, it doesn't contribute to solving problems encountered in actual life. ... No matter what type of education we consume, there is no guarantee that we have actually learned it, despite tests pa...

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