Theses ‘lads’ formed a counter school subculture that was opposed to school and showed this by flouting school rules for example truanting. His study was criticised for ‘romantising’ the lads and presenting them as working class hero’s despite their antisocial behaviour and sexist attitudes. The study only consisted of 112
The new right argue that the state education system fails to prepare young people well enough for work. Another criticism was made by Marxist, which suggest that the education benefits everyone while the Marxist argue that it only benefits the working class. A last criticism was made by an interactions which argues that the functionalist have an ‘over socialized view’. Suggest three criticisms that other sociologists may make of the functionalist view of the education system. the education system is not meritocratic/equal opportunity to achieve does not exist education’s role allocation function is not meritocratic/many jobs are allocated on the basis of class background, not educational achievement the education system does not instill shared values/it instills ruling-class ideology the education system fails to prepare young people adequately for work functionalists ignore the fact that many pupils reject the school’s values/pupils do not always passively accept what they are taught.
The invisibility of economic class problem is common in the school whereas teachers and students assumed that economic class did not affect individual students’ lives. They believed that popularity and success were not linked to social class. Instead of thinking about economic and cultural capital, students thought
This is what Freire calls the educational banking system. The banking concept of education, which is what teachers have pretty much been trained to do, robs students of the opportunity to think for themselves and instead instills in them a pre-conceived idea, fact, or theory. I am honestly making it sound a lot simpler then what it really is. The way in which we think of the teacher-student relationship is wrong. It is a relationship where one is the superior and the other is the oppressed.
The Impact of Educational Experience The political implication in classrooms can be concluded as the teacher has the power and the student is there to learn. This gives the teacher the most power and influence over the student’s educational experience. Paulo Freire, in “The ‘Banking’ Concept of Education”, believes that students are suffering from narration sickness and information is being thrown at students only to receive, memorize and to “deposit” information, which results in receiving the this information without applying it into the real world. He also states that the banking system of education does not allow the student to become critical thinkers. That myth In Richard Rodriguez’s memoir, “The Achievement of Desire,” he states that he was known as what Richard Hoggart’s definition of the “scholarship boy,” which is the way he describe himself as a student who constantly struggles with balancing his life between family and education.
Mansios and Anyon both agree that the higher ones social class is, the better education they receive. Mansios also provides evidence that the lower class will endure unfortunate consequences in the future because of this inequality in education. Anyon believes the students are being taught “hidden curriculum” that applies to their social class and, by assumption, their future relationships and social standings (Anyon 395). The classrooms of the executive elite may start by having control over the teachers and classroom activities in elementary school, but later on they develop control over their workplace when they are high-standing individuals (Anyon 408-410). In the classrooms of the working class, students are not welcome to share their opinions or ideas and they often resist the teacher’s continuous orders.
If an individual pushes in a queue then they are frowned on. Norms are also built up in schools as how individuals are expected to act as important, such as the UK value human life. The education system socially controls individuals similar to the family. This can be demonstrated through certain types of lessons and the curriculum (formal control) but also through peer groups (hidden or informal social control). A boy would be expected to do engineering and football as it demonstrates manual, aggressive traits.
He said, many public schools have become factories, processing factory of students lack of motivation to learn, improve performance on paper price, students can not be too independent, perfect life. He appealed to the true independent status of all public schools, like private schools as public schools should be given autonomy to change the "examination-oriented teaching" comprehensive
He writes about how those high up who brought, supported, and funded the Prussian-like system did so to only enforce having a guarantee of a "servile labor force" and "mindless consumers." Gattos supports the idea that it is more than obvious that schooling is simply meant to separate, demoralize and "dumb the people down." I would have to agree for the most part with John Gatto's argument. The boredom in schooling along with the monotone teachings and textbook answers is rather familiar. Although Gatto argues that
According to Freire the “banking” concept of education is equivalence to the bank and the depositor. This concept explains the relationship between an oppressor and the oppressed. The teachers encourage the students to memorize the procedures and the facts about life. According to him the student doesn’t get the opportunity to explore their minds and fill inquisitive nature doesn’t get opportunity to mature. Freire criticizes this model because in his opinion the empty brains of students are filled with information coming from the teachers.