Education

Abstract

There are a wide range of areas covered in this topic. They include the following:

• 1 The educational structure:

  • (a) Mobility

  • (b) Meritocracy

• 2 Theories and perspectives:

  • (a) Functionalist

  • (b) Marxist

  • (c) Interactionist

• 3 Factors affecting educational achievement. Arguments in the debate:

  • (a) Biological

  • (b) Cultural

  • (c) The school

• 4 Education and social change.

• 5 The curriculum:

  • (a) Official

  • (b) Hidden

• 6 Education and gender.