Theories of education
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- Other theories of Education
- New right
- The NEW RIGHT have similar views to education as the functionalists. However they believe the education system has failed due to too much state control.
- The NEW RIGHT believe in VOCATIONALISM in order to support the industry. They also believe in MARKETISATION.
- CHUBB & MOE : Education has failed to create equal opportunity as it does not have to respond to students needs. Parents cant do anything about their children failing. Private schools provide a higher quality of education as they are "paying customers"
- EVALUATION: New right point to exams as a sign of success.
- BALL ET AL claim that middle class have more cultural capital.
- GERTWITZ claims that marketisation benefits the middle class who are more likely get their children into better performing schools as they can afford to move into the catchment area.
- Marketisation produces greater inquality as better preforming schools attract more funding and pupils.
- EVALUATION: New right point to exams as a sign of success.
- CHUBB & MOE : Education has failed to create equal opportunity as it does not have to respond to students needs. Parents cant do anything about their children failing. Private schools provide a higher quality of education as they are "paying customers"
- The NEW RIGHT believe in VOCATIONALISM in order to support the industry. They also believe in MARKETISATION.
- The NEW RIGHT have similar views to education as the functionalists. However they believe the education system has failed due to too much state control.
- Feminists
- Education has maintained gender inequality in schools as schools are PATRIARCHAL INSTITUTES.
- EXAMPLES; Textbooks used gendered langauge and present women in traditional roles. Women have been excluded from the curriculum. Subjects have been divided into boys and girls E.g Boys - science. Girls - Health & beauty.
- EVALUATION: Feminists may have a point looking back over history but girls are no outpreforming boys in education.
- EXAMPLES; Textbooks used gendered langauge and present women in traditional roles. Women have been excluded from the curriculum. Subjects have been divided into boys and girls E.g Boys - science. Girls - Health & beauty.
- Education has maintained gender inequality in schools as schools are PATRIARCHAL INSTITUTES.
- Neo-Marxism
- WILLIS accepts the Marxist view that education is closely linked to the needs of capitalism but he does not believe that there is a direct link between education and the economy
- WILLIS: studied a group of 12 working class boys during their last year at school and first 2 weeks at work. the "lads" rejected school and formed a counter school subculture. The "lads" had seen through the ruling class ideology.
- The "lads" believed that school was good for a laugh. They were destined for loew-skilled jobs. Willis found that this culutre continured after leaving school and helped the lads cope with the boredom of work.
- Accounts for the rejection of the hidden curriculum and ruling class ideology
- Unable to generalise from a small sample
- Not representitve for other classes and ethnicities
- The "lads" believed that school was good for a laugh. They were destined for loew-skilled jobs. Willis found that this culutre continured after leaving school and helped the lads cope with the boredom of work.
- WILLIS: studied a group of 12 working class boys during their last year at school and first 2 weeks at work. the "lads" rejected school and formed a counter school subculture. The "lads" had seen through the ruling class ideology.
- WILLIS accepts the Marxist view that education is closely linked to the needs of capitalism but he does not believe that there is a direct link between education and the economy
- Social democratic
- Believed that everyone should have an equal chance. This leads to an educated workforce and economic growth.
- HALSEY ET AL: critised functionalists for claiming that the education system provided equality of opportunity. The higher the social class, the more likely to achieve; This wastes talent as not everyone gets an equal chance.
- A social democratic policy introduced in the 60s was COMPENSATORY EDUCATION which was designed to compensate the working class children due to their disadvantages.
- EVALUATION: marxists argue that schools cannot provide equality of opportunity within a capitalist based society.
- A social democratic policy introduced in the 60s was COMPENSATORY EDUCATION which was designed to compensate the working class children due to their disadvantages.
- HALSEY ET AL: critised functionalists for claiming that the education system provided equality of opportunity. The higher the social class, the more likely to achieve; This wastes talent as not everyone gets an equal chance.
- Believed that everyone should have an equal chance. This leads to an educated workforce and economic growth.
- New right
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