In What Ways Has Research Shown That Education Can Serve

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Essay

In what ways has research shown that education can serve as an agent of change? How does this latent function of education differ from other latent functions as described by the functionalist perspective?

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Definitions:

First-mover Advantages

The competitive edge that a company gains by being the first to market with a new product or service.

Repeated Games

In game theory, repeated games are those where the same game (with the same payoffs to strategies) is played more than once, allowing for strategy development over time based on past outcomes.

Payoffs

The outcomes or returns from an action or investment, notably used in the context of game theory to represent the consequences faced by participants.

Short Run

In economics, a period during which at least one of a firm's inputs is fixed, limiting its capacity to adjust to changes in demand.