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1. Social control

 The study of mechanism or process in which the form of pattern and pressure to
regulate society to maintain social order and cohesion.
 Its goal is to ensure or maintain conformity to establish values and norms.
 Social control usually applied in response to those who regards as deviant,
threatening or problematic.
 Students are taught on the boundaries of acceptable behaviour.
 It is possible to maintain social control through education by using various
mechanisms such as informal sanctions, formal sanctions and indoctrination.

Late modernism It is necessary for schools to keep under surveillance students ‘at
and new labour risk’ of future deviance.

Functionalism Education performs positive functions for the individual and

society.

2. Culture dissemination

 A tendency of one culture to adopt some traits of other culture.

 Affects children ways in participating educational session.
 Influence personality development and career choices.

Functionalism Negativity in schools promotes subcultures.

3. Social selection and social strata

 It is the categorising of individuals into strata based on their socioeconomic status,

education, occupation, political beliefs, and social status.
 Unequal access to valued goods.
 The level of stratification varies between countries and systems.
Mechanism behind educational stratification:
a. Residential stratification;
- People live in the neighbourhood can afford schools that reflects their
socioeconomic background/wealth of the neighbourhood.
- Children attend schools with similar peers.

b. Decentralised funding;
- Schools resources will reflect the wealth of their geographical location.

c. Decentralised teacher employment;

- Better schools will attract wealthier students and better teachers.
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d. Personal preferences;
- Private. Religious, single sex schools, schools with particular pedagogy-
social class.

Marxists – the education system is not meritocratic – e.g. private

schools benefit the wealthy.

Traditional Marxists see the education system as working in the

Marxism interests of ruling class elites. The education system performs
three functions for these elites:

 Reproduces class inequality.

 Legitimates class inequality.
 The Correspondence Principle – School works in the
interests of capitalist employers.

4. State ideology

 It is the beliefs, values, customs and culture that provide direction to education.
 Concern on what schools should teach and for what purposes.
 Tacit rather than explicit.
 Each school must at least have one ideology and direct to its function.

A framework is provided by the state in order to ensure that

schools were all teaching the same thing – National Curriculum.
Neoliberism and
The new right
Schools should teach students on subjects that prepare them for
work; new vocationalism.

References
Goodman, N. (n.d.). Curriculum ideologies. Http://Blogs.Ubc.ca/Ewayne/Files/2017/01/Eisner-
Curideologies2_001-1.Pdf. Retrieved September 14, 2020, from
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Author Removed At Request Of Original Publisher. (2016, March 25). 11.2 Sociological
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