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Theories of Education (Functionalism (Schools promote social cohesion, and…
Theories of Education
Functionalism
Schools promote social cohesion, and it is important that schools teach norms and values because it lets us achieve social solidarity
Durkheim :star:is the father of functionalism and he saw education as vital for society, and teaching norms and values.
The formal curriculum is subjects like history, geography, English, religious studies.
School acts as a bridge between home and the workplace because it develops our achieved status as your ascribed status means nothing in school.
School prepares children to work because it shows them how to behave, how to dress, how to be polite, and how to work with others.
Meritocracy is the idea that the harder you work, the better you will do. It benefits society because everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed.
Marxism
The correspondence theory is how we are taught to behave at school, and how that corresponds to how we behave at work.
Marxists see the correspondence theory as bad because it maintains capitalism by preparing workers to go into jobs that are born, and benefits the ruling class.
The myth of meritocracy is when you tell working class students that the education system is meritocratic, then it will make them blame themselves when they don't do as well as other students.
Working class students are given less encouragement and resources to work, but then told education is meritocratic.
However, many working class students do succeed, for example Alan Sugar.
Feminism
Feminists argue that schools in the 1960s were patriarchal, because of the gender-based subjects and the way teachers treat students.
The introduction of The National Curriculum helped create more equality between boys and girls at school because everyone learns the same things.
36% of head teachers are female, but 62% of all teachers are female. This teaches students that men should be in the top positions.
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Sue Lees :star: argues that boys demean girls who are sexually promiscuous whilst this behaviour is acceptable for boys. This is called double standards.