criticisms

• Marxist view


  -education in capitalist society only transmits ideology of majority

  -'the ruling class'
• Wolf Review of Vocational Education

  -education system doesn't teach specialised skills

  -WRVE claims high-quality apprenticeships are rare

  -up to a third of 16-19 year olds are on courses that don't lead to higher education/good jobs
• not meritocratic


  -education isn't meritocratic

  -success is determined by class, ethnicity, gender rather than hard work
• Interactionist > Dennis Wrong

  -argues functionalists have 'over-socialised view' of people as puppets in society

  -functionalists wrongly imply pupils passively accept all they're taught & never reject school's values
• Neoliberals & New Right's criticisms 


  argue state education system fails to prepare young people adequately for work