Education: Sociology

• The hidden curriculum is the unwritten rules that are taught to students, such as how to behave in class or what clothes to wear.
• What are the Functionalist views on education?

  ~Education is positive as it prepares individuals for work and creates a stable society.

  ~ All pupils have an equal chance to succeed as education is based on meritocracy.
• What are the Marxist views on education?

  ~Education is negative as it helps to maintain the class divide and benefits the middle class who have a better chance of succeeding(Culture, Economic capital).

  ~Education prepares the working class for low paid jobs and to accept capitalism.
• What are the Feminist views on education?

  ~Education is negative as it helps to maintain the gender divide and transmit patriarchal values and ideas.

  ~Females learn to adopt the stereotypical ‘expressive’/housewife role in society through gender stereotypes shown in: Textbooks, Most headteachers being male, being encourages to take softer subjects - lead to lower paid jobs than men.

  CRITISCISM:

  ~ could be outdated as girls are encouraged to take ‘STEM’ subjects and more females are becoming headteachers.
• What does Bowles and Gintis say about the Correspondence principle?

  ~This is where the school corresponds to (reflects) the workplace through teaching obedienc, accepting boredom and to be motivated by external rewards(qualifications or pay)

  CRITICISM:

  ~Could be outdated as pupils are prepared for a range of jobs today.