key concepts in education

This refers to a system organised by the government in order to train a population

• Gives out knowledge- tests student on this
• Formal education varies from country to country and changes over time..

Reasons for changes:

- Economic reasons as society changes

-idelogies as to the function of education

Bowles and ginitis (1976)

• Offers a marxist account of education known as the correspondence principle.
• Refers to- Schools merely reflect wider society.

Because:

In school, children are taught values/coping strategies necessary for work e.g tolerance of boredom, acceptance of heirarchy.

They can then:

-Apply these skills in the wider world, when they take on low-skill occupations