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A 12 page research paper/essay that examines the relationship between a nation's schools, employment and its government, with particular emphasis on Canada, seeks to explain how connections between these three societal factors. This examination reveals that the mechanism behind social reproduction, not only serves to replicate the a culture, but also constitutes an inherent factor in the continuance of social inequality. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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the government have a vested interest in education, and government supplies much of the funding for public education; however, the influence of either the state or the work place in
the setting of curricula is generally not considered. Educator and sociologist Mark Apple (1995) differs with this perception, as he argues that there are direct connections between the areas of
education, employment and the state. Furthermore, Apple (1995) is not alone in his position these connections serve to underscore and reproduce the status quo of a particular culture and
societal view. In other words, mechanisms of social reproduction are engrained within institutions so that the status quo of a particular culture, complete with inequalities, is maintained and carried forward
by the next generation, which is accomplished through indoctrination to certain key concepts through the educational system. The following examination of the relationship between a nations schools, employment and
its government, with particular emphasis on Canada, seeks to explain how connections between these three societal factors. This examination reveals that the mechanism behind social reproduction, not only serves to
replicate the a culture, but also constitutes an inherent factor in the continuance of social inequality. Educational policy The significance of educational policy to the creation of a well-ordered
society has been recognized, at least, since the time in which Plato wrote The Republic, wherein Socrates is pictured as discussing the details for an elaborate system of elementar5y and
higher education (Pybas, 2004). This ancient concept of education perceived it as being oriented toward educating the young toward the need of the city and the state and away from
the "particular loyalties and beliefs of their parent" (Pybas, 2004). This formulates the position of social reproduction concisely and poses the question as to whether or not the focus
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