... social institutions Education for Work ! Introduction School was engineered to serve the economy and social order. It wasn't made for the benefit of kids and families, as those people would define their own needs. School is the first impression children get of organized society. Like most first impressions, it lasts. At the time of the education act in 1870 it was ... education as an essential socialising agency, maintaining social control and order. Parsons claimed education was a bridge from family to the wider world. (Letts, 2001) In contrast to the functionalist theory, Marxism took...

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