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Fully resourced revision lesson on the sociological theories of the role of education.

Revision sheets will need to be printed on A3 paper. Exam questions and markschemes included. Answers to the numbered boxes on the revision sheets can be found in order on the PowerPoint.

Areas covered:
consensus view of Functionalism
ï‚· Functionalist theory of education
o serving the needs of society and the economy
facilitating social mobility and fostering social
cohesion including the work of Durkheim on
education as the transmission of norms and
values
o achieved status and education operating on
meritocratic principles, with reference to the work
of Parsons
ï‚· conflict view of Marxism
ï‚· Marxist theory of education serving the needs of
capitalism
o education maintaining inequality, including the
work of Bowles and Gintis on the correspondence
theory
ï‚· conflict view of Feminism
ï‚· Feminist theory of education perpetuating patriarchy,
including the work of Becky Francis on the patriarchal
nature of schools