Essays on Hidden curriculum

The extent of working class underachievement in the British Educational System has been a very important subject for discussion in sociology research. Working class children underachieve considerably compared to the achievement attained by a middle class child at every level of education including SAT’s, GCSE’s, A-levels and degrees. Early research focused on reasons outside the…

In the essay Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work, by Jean Anyon, the education of five different schools with four different economic classes is examined. The samples examined were two working-class schools, one middle-class school, one affluent professional school, and one executive elite school. The author compares the five sample schools’ curriculums and…

Functionalists emphasize the positive aspects of schools, aligning with the ‘consensus’ perspective that highlights agreement within society on what is valued. These values, akin to Emile Durkheim’s social facts or moral regulation, shape behavior and are widely accepted. Functionalists argue that education plays multiple roles in society, such as providing purpose and transmitting societal norms…