Social democratic approaches refer to a range of ideas about the relationship between the individual and the state that focus on using various forms of
marxism For traditional Marxism the main role and function of education is cultural reproduction – a concept based on a different interpretation of secondary socialisation
functionalism Functionalist arguments about the role of education focus on the various ways education links to other social institutions, such as the family and the
The final part of the “Structure and Organisation of Education” trilogy (Part 1: Structure and Organisation and Part 2: Schools, Marketisation and Parentocracy are, as
Part 1 of this series looked at a range of general ideas about the structure and organisation of education in our society, through a broadly
The structure of any institution, such as education, refers to the general relationship between its constituent parts – such as, in this instance, teachers and
Another trawl through what I like to think is a carefully selected and curated trove of educational treasure – although some may see it more
This latest report from the Sutton Trust looks at the various educational pathways taken by Britain’s elites “from the type of school they attended to
One of the key features of New Right approaches to explaining social class differences in educational achievement is the attempt to frame the debate in
Continuing to plough the long and lonely furrow that is AS Sociology, today’s offering is a whole bunch of resources for Education with Research Methods.