It wasn't made for the benefit of kids and families, as those people would define their own needs. ... John Holt defines education as: ...something that some people do to others for their own good, moulding and shaping them, and trying to make them learn what they think they ought to know. ... (Letts, 2001) In contrast to the functionalist theory, Marxism took a new perspective on the school environment; who argued that education is a function in which to maintain class inequalities in wealth and power. ...

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