1. Education
... in education, just like in society, involves commitment to a value consensus. Similarly, Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore, functionalists during the 1970's, believed that education is strongly linked to social stratification by members of society and that education "sifts, sorts and allocates" people to their correct place in the economy and society. By rewarding the most talented and most dedicated ... or domination. Althusser is also draws attention to the powerful effects of the "hidden curriculum" of schooling; pupils learn, he argues, a respect for the workings of capitalism, theref...
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