Aqa Sociology Education (A Level) Study Guide Graded A+

Disadvantage of private schools {Ans: Marxists are critical. Split society in two, comprehensive schools will never be truly comprehensive if they exist, reproduce class structure.}Feminist hidden curriculum {Ans: Stanworth (1983) found that education did this: males are more important than females, boys cleverer than girls, boys careers' are more important then girls, senior positions in education are disproportionately held by men.}Bernstein (1973) {Ans: w/c students underachieve because they are socialised into a restricted language code whereas schools favour an elaborated language code which middle class students are socialised into.}Durkheim functionalist {Ans: Consensus theory. Durkheim (1925) schools are societies in miniature, integrates kids into socially agreed norms and values, hidden curriculum teaches this.}Ball (2011) {Ans: education has become a commodity subject to business practice and financial logistics. Marxists say competition to drive up standards is a myth used to legitimate the turning of education into private profit.}Advantages of private schools {Ans: New Right are in favour of them; they aren't restricted by a national curriculum, get better results and they give parents a greater choice of school.}Teachers and discipline {Ans: Teachers help reinforce gender identities as male teachers have told boys off for 'behaving