AQA A-level Sociology Education: Topic 5 The Role of education - Functionalist, Marxist and the New Right views

Includes: lessons on the functionalist, Marxist and the New Right view (see below for more detail) and key term sheet for the topic which can be set for home-learning or be filled out during the course of the lessons.

L1: Functionalist view of the role of education

Detailed student led lesson on functionalist views of the role of education adapted to stretch and challenge the most able whilst scaffolding to allow pupils who need support the opportunity to access higher level thinking.

Covers the following functionalist key functions of education: installing social solidarity, bridging the gap between the family and wider society through secondary socialisation, teaching specialist skills needed for work and role allocation.

Covers the following functionalist sociologists: Durkheim, Parsons and Davis and Moore.

Covers the following key term:
Function or role (e.g. of an institution)
Social solidarity
Formal curriculum
Hidden curriculum
Ascribed status 
Achieved status  
Universalistic standards
Particularistic standards
Meritocracy
Socialisation 
Role allocation

Promotes a spiral curriculum by making links to key terms that students might have previously been taught that link to this lesson.

Promotes, facilitates and scaffolds Oracy.

Develops the skills needed to answer 10 markers with items - allows students to apply knowledge to an item 10 marker with guidance and includes a detailed success criteria to help them answer this.

Uses and refers to ’ AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook

DETAILED ANSWERS INCLUDED FOR MAIN ACTIVITIES

NOTES -RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT.

L2: Marxist view of the role of education

Detailed student led lesson on the Marxist views of the role of education adapted to stretch and challenge the most able whilst scaffolding to allow pupils who need support the opportunity to access higher level thinking.

Covers the following Marxist key functions of education: reproducing class ienquality, legitimising class inequality, correspondence principle,

Covers the following functionalist sociologists: Althusser, Bowles and Gintis and Willis

Covers the following key term:

• State apparatuses
• Ideological state apparatuses
• Repressive state apparatuses
• Ideology
• Correspondence principle
• Hierarchy
• Alienation
• Fragmentation
• Extrinsic reward
• Competition

Promotes a spiral curriculum by making links to key terms that students might have previously been taught within the education unit and for Marxism as a theory that link to this lesson.

Promotes, facilitates and scaffolds Oracy.

Provides guidance for answering 4 markers.

Uses and refers to ’ AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook

DETAILED ANSWERS INCLUDED FOR THE MAIN ACTIVITIES ON THE FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATION ONLY

NOTES -RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT.

L3: The New Right view of the role of education

Detailed student led lesson on the New Right critique and view of the purpose state education adapted to stretch and challenge the most able whilst scaffolding to allow pupils who need support the opportunity to access higher level thinking.

Covers the following key terms:
Neo-liberalism
The New Right
Conservatives
Voucher system
One-size-fits-all approach
League tables
Ofsted reports
National curriculum
Marketisation
Privatisation 
Academies
Free schools
State schools
Social policies

Covers the following key sociologists: Chubb and Moe

Uses and refers to ’AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook

BRIEF ANSWERS TO THE MAIN ACTIVITY INCLUDED

NOTES -RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT.

Key term sheet for the role of education
Alphabetical key term sheet for AQA A-level Sociology Education Topic 5 Role of education that requires students to fill out the definitions themselves.

*** Includes some sentence starters to model to students how to incorporate key sociologists into their definitions. **

*** Key terms separated into Functionalist, New Right and Marxist key terms. **

*** Includes a section with key terms that students should know from previous learning (intro to sociological theories and topic 1-4 of education) that link to this topic. **

Good form of revision for students and can be used as a revision resource to develop AO1 once filled out.

**BASED ON CONTENT in textbook - AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook