Processes within schools

• What do functionalists think about the processes within schools?

  • Teaching core norms and values through the formal curriculum and hidden curriculum
  • Shared values of a meritocratic society
• What do Marxists believe about the processes within schools?

  • Correspondence principle and hidden curriculum
  • Favours middle class students
• What do feminists believe about the processes within schools?

  • Gendered subject choices
  • Gender stereotyping
  • Teachers as role models
• What do interactionalists believe about processes within schools?

  • Labelling and the self - fulfilling prophecy in schools
  • Can lead to inequalities in achievement between different groups