Sociological Theories Revision: Family and Education AS/A2 SCLY

1. What is the hidden curriculum?

Norms, values, morals and lessons that arent on the official curriculum but re learnt on the side.
A curriculum that teaches working class pupils to be delinquent and upper class pupils to be successful, taught intentionally.
A curriculum that isnt taught through education, but through social media and peer-to-peer communication.
Lessons taught in school that are limited.

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The family wouldnt be complete without a woman.
Males are breadwinners, whereas females are caretakers of the family and subordinate their lives to them.
In a modern world, females are breadwinners, whereas males are caretakers of the family and subordinate their lives to them.
The family wouldnt be complete without a man.

Dual Burden: Women have to please their husband and children. Triple Shift: Women are used by men to do their shopping, cleaning and child-bearing.
Dual Burden: Women are expected to do paid work and house work. Triple Shift: Women are expected to focus on children, the home and work.
Dual Burden: Women have to please their husband and children. Triple Shift: Women are expected to focus on children, the home and work.
Dual Burden: Women are expected to produce babies and please men. Triple Shift: Women need to work three jobs to earn the same amount as their boyfriends/husbands.

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.

To prepare the working class for a poor life. Education discourages the working class by teaching them upper class norms and values.
To educate all equally.
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.
To compare upper-class students to working-class students in order to control society.

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