1. Aim: To know the difference between informal and formal education
What is education?
Aim: To know the difference between informal and formal education
What is education?
The process of gaining knowledge and understanding of the world and the people in it. As we learn, we are changed by our new knowledge and understanding.
Formal Education
At the age of 5, children in Britain begin their formal education. This involves learning particular subjects from trained teachers at set times.
Informal Education
This means learning through everyday experiences or from others we come into contact with.

2. Aim: To know six functions of education
Why am I still at school?
Aim: To know six functions of education
For society
For individuals
Preparation for world of work
Skills
Attitudes e.g. hard working
Picking out the most talented
Ambition
Qualifications
Good jobs
Secondary Socialisation
Teaching expected behaviour in large groups
Passing on values e.g. punctuality
Self-Development
Develop new qualities
Try new activities
Functions of school
Social Control
Controlling behaviour
Teaching acceptance of rules
Minding children while adults are at work
Compulsion
The law forces us to go

3. All primary schools in England Secondary Modern School
What replaced the tripartite system? Aim: To know what a comprehensive school is
All primary schools in England
11+ exam
20%
75% 5%
Grammar School
Secondary Modern School
Technical High School
Public Exams
University
Practical lessons
Manual jobs
Some Public Exams

4. What replaced the tripartite system?
Aim: To know what a comprehensive school is
The 11+ test was unreliable
The 11+ caused low self esteem
Problems with the Tripartite system
Not all the school types had good reputations
Age 11 was too early to label pupils ‘failures’
Children were being divided by social class

5. Punctuality is important Accept authority and rules
What is the Hidden Curriculum? Aim: To know how schools teach pupils values subconsciously
Accepting inequality
Controlling boredom
Accept hierarchy
The Hidden Curriculum
Punctuality is important
Accept
powerlessness
Accept authority and rules

6. Teachers may concentrate on the ‘bright’ pupils
How does labelling affect how well a pupil does at school?
Aim: To know how labelling influences achievement
Teachers may concentrate on the ‘bright’ pupils
Pupils may give up trying if they are labelled as not bright
Lazy
Trouble-maker
Consequences of labelling pupils
Examples of labels given by teachers
Teacher may not bother pushing some pupils very hard to succeed
Teachers may dismiss pupils’ attempts to change their behaviour

7. Why do girls do better at school?
Aim: To know reasons why girls get better exam results
Differences in behaviour
Boys are more energetic and disruptive
Girls tend to sit quietly and follow the rules
Differences in attitude
Boys have ‘masculine’ values – being sporty, and tough
Studying hard is not seen as ‘masculine’
Girls are better motivated to learn
Possibly because they are more closely controlled by their parents than boys
Changes in ambitions
Young women now have much higher career ambitions
So they work harder at school
Why do girls do better at school?
Girls mature quicker?
Some say girls mature faster than boys
They approach their schoolwork in a more mature way

8. GCSES Successes  Failures  Has the GCSE improved education?
Aim: To know whether the GCSE has been successful
GCSES
Successes 
Failures 
Coursework reduces pressure of final exams
Middle class pupils have unfair advantages in coursework
Teachers don’t have to divide pupils at Year 9
The amount of coursework is being decreased
All pupils sit the GCSE
Pupils sit different tiers of papers
Results and grades have gone up
Employers are only interested in A*-C grades

9. Are public schools good for society? Better quality of education
Aim: To know advantages and disadvantages of public schools
Public Schools
Good thing?
Bad thing?
Right to choose
Unfair choice
Well respected
Unfair advantages
Better quality of education
Divisive to society

10. Are public schools good for society? Answer questions a-c as
Aim: To know advantages and disadvantages of public schools
Task
Answer questions a-c as
you would in the exam

11. Are public schools good for society?
Aim: To know advantages and disadvantages of public schools
Mini Essay Question
To what extent would sociologists agree that schools are the main cause of differences in educational achievement? [9 marks]