Education

Question 1

What is formal education?

Answer 1

Learning a set of subjects in classrooms in organised educational institutions.

Question 2

What is informal education?

Answer 2

The hidden curriculum is a side affect of an education (lessons) which are learned but not openly intended,such as norms,values and beliefs conveyed within the classroom.

Question 3

What are some of the skills you learn within school?

Answer 3

• confidence
• responsibility
• concentration
• teamwork and independence
• time keeping

Question 4

What are the main features of the hidden curriculum?

Answer 4

• hierarchy
• competition
• social control
• gender role allocation
• lack of satisfaction

Question 5

What are the different types of schools available in the uk?

Answer 5

• trust
• faith
• academy
• special
• specialist college
• private/independent

Question 6

What is the self fulfilling labelling prophesy?

Answer 6

A prediction that’s directly or indirectly caused itself to become true,by the very terms of the prophecy itself due to positive feedback between beliefs and behaviour.

Question 7

What is a gender domain?

Answer 7

Places that are specific to one gender.

Question 8

Give one example of why pupils may hesitate to pick gender predicted subjects.

Answer 8

• lack of role models
• gender opportunities
• stereotypes
• being embarrassed
• peer pressure

Question 9

Which sex performs better within school?

Answer 9

Girls do better in coursework based subjects,whereas boys do better in exam based subjects.

Question 10

Give one reason why boys underperform?

Answer 10

• Teaching is female dominated(lack of male role models)
• more likely to be labelled as disruptive
• more likely to be excluded