Identify each of the views below as either functionalist, Marxist, New Right or Postmodernist: State control leads to low standards and inefficiency Education serves as a ‘bridge’ from family to society Education helps to produce obedient workers needed by the economy Education needs a free market to meet individual needs Consumer choice improves quality and … [Read more...]
Educational Policy and Inequality: Answers to QuickCheck Questions
Middle class children were more likely to qualify for grammar school and working class children were more likely to go to secondary modern schools – this reinforced social class differences. They legitimated and reproduced both class and gender inequalities. This appears to give control to all parents, but conceals inequality as middle class parents are more able to take advantage of the … [Read more...]