Sociological Theories Revision: Family and Education AS/A2 SCLY

1. What do Marxists believe the function of education is?

To educate all equally.
To prepare the working class for a poor life. Education discourages the working class by teaching them upper class norms and values.
To compare upper-class students to working-class students in order to control society.
To prepare the working class for a better life. Education gives the working class a chance at learning skills to support them in the real world.

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Families only change due to social stigma.
Family is changing dues to increasing rights and choices for women, they are less likely to view marriage as an ultimate goal in life. There is also more diversity in families due to technological advancements (same-sex couples having children)
Children in the family are being brought up in traditional 'cereal packet' families, meaning families more or less stay the same over a short period of time.
Family is changing due to the increase in marriage and decline in cohabitation.

The family is a place to go to, to relieve your stress of proletariat working life.
The bourgeoisie see the proletariat as a punching bag that they can abuse, scam and exploit, the proletariat know this but cannot react to it.
Children are becoming more and more shaped by the family, just like a punching bag.
Women are a punch bag for men because men believe women are 'weaker due to biology'

It socialises girls into patriarchal norms and values and gives them skills to gain typical 'feminine' jobs.
Because females and males are currently in seperate classes.
Because education favours the upper-class.
Because education doesnt give the right skills to men and women individually.

Teachers place labels on students which students then live up to, making it a self fulfilling prophecy.
Teachers place labels on students and the students always reject them.
Students place labels on teachers as bad or good based on their age.
Students place labels on teachers as bad or good based on their class.

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