feminism; role of education

Question 1

what are feminist views on education?

Answer 1

believes that the education system transmits patriarchal values

Question 2

how does the hidden curriculum teach patriarchal values?

Answer 2

HEATON and LAWSON - through textbooks, subjects aimed towards specific genders, gender divisions in sports, the feminisation of schools

Question 3

what do liberal feminists believe?

Answer 3

highlights the fact that girls outer perform boys which goes against the claim that the education system is a patriarchal institution that oppresses women

Question 4

what do radical feminists believe?

Answer 4

the education system reinforces patriarchal ideology that legitimises the oppression and marginalisation of females so that by the time they enter wider society they see their oppression as normal and natural (false consciousness)

Question 5

what do black and difference feminists believe?

Answer 5

you cannot generalise all female experiences of oppression; teachers may be under the assumption that muslim girls have different family and career aspirations than their peers

Question 6

what liberal feminist argued that girls have become less subordinated to the patriarchal ideologies of the education system?

Answer 6

SHARPE - from the 1970’s-1997 girls priorities have changed from being the passive, subordinated female who aspire to be married and take care of their family to the independent female who is career driven and value their own personal achievements (1970 - equal pay act, 1976 - sex discrimination act)