Feminist vs Functionalist View on Education
I am going to look at the Feminist point of view on Education and also, the Functionalist point of view on Education.
Feminism
There are many different types of feminists, there are Radical Feminists who are the most extreme in voicing their opinion about gender and the rights of women. There are Conservative Feminists, who adopt and appreciate the male need for a career and public achievement as female goals, thereby denying women 's need for intimacy, family, and children. There are Liberal Feminists, they see everyone as equal. They believe sexism as a dysfunction in society. There are also Social Feminists, who link gender differences to class as well. They see it as sexism rewards the working class male and allows them control over women, they believe a women’s work is not as valued as a mans because of sexism in today’s society. There are other types of Feminism, these are just a few.
The Feminist view on education sees it as a secondary socialization in an individual’s life. The view of the Liberal feminist is that changes in equal opportunities and education policies will end patriarchy, for example, The National Curriculum. However putting these rules into place can have consequences such as, people may not be able to achieve to the best of their ability because of primary socialization in earlier life. This is because their gendered roles are allocated to them stereotypically already at home, which could effect them later life in school.
The Marxist feminist view is that when children are in school it teaches them to fit into the stereotype of each sex, which reinforces the idea that girls are to do well in subjects like home economics, to be able to work at home and care for children, whereas boys are to do subjects like maths and wood tech, to be able to go out to work and be able to provide for their family.
The Radical feminists believe that in order for patriarchy to end, women must be freed from the emotional and physical violence
Feminism
There are many different types of feminists, there are Radical Feminists who are the most extreme in voicing their opinion about gender and the rights of women. There are Conservative Feminists, who adopt and appreciate the male need for a career and public achievement as female goals, thereby denying women 's need for intimacy, family, and children. There are Liberal Feminists, they see everyone as equal. They believe sexism as a dysfunction in society. There are also Social Feminists, who link gender differences to class as well. They see it as sexism rewards the working class male and allows them control over women, they believe a women’s work is not as valued as a mans because of sexism in today’s society. There are other types of Feminism, these are just a few.
The Feminist view on education sees it as a secondary socialization in an individual’s life. The view of the Liberal feminist is that changes in equal opportunities and education policies will end patriarchy, for example, The National Curriculum. However putting these rules into place can have consequences such as, people may not be able to achieve to the best of their ability because of primary socialization in earlier life. This is because their gendered roles are allocated to them stereotypically already at home, which could effect them later life in school.
The Marxist feminist view is that when children are in school it teaches them to fit into the stereotype of each sex, which reinforces the idea that girls are to do well in subjects like home economics, to be able to work at home and care for children, whereas boys are to do subjects like maths and wood tech, to be able to go out to work and be able to provide for their family.
The Radical feminists believe that in order for patriarchy to end, women must be freed from the emotional and physical violence