Education bits

Question 1

What is the Hidden Curriculum

Answer 1

The hidden, informal messages and lessons that come from the way schooling is organised and run

Question 2

What is the functionalist view of the hidden curriculum

Answer 2

Functionalists believe that education teaches attitudes and values which are beneficial to society as a whole

Question 3

What is the Marxist view of the hidden curriculum

Answer 3

Marxists criticise functionalists by arguing that the hidden curriculum benefits the ruling class and not society as a whole

Question 4

What is the Feminist view of the hidden curriculum

Answer 4

Feminists agree with Marxists in that it does not benefit society as a whole, but a particular group

Question 5

What is Rosenthal and Jacobson’s research.

Answer 5

All students did IQ test then they picked random students and told the teacher they were ‘bright’, most of them students achieved highly due to labelling

Question 6

What is educational Triage

Answer 6

Pupils being divided into groups based on predicted performance by the school.