Social Dimension

1. Analysis of CRITICAL THEORY in
Education
Theories of Schooling

2. Critical Theory
• Origin back to the writings of Frankfurt
School( school of disciplinary social theory)
• Concerned with unmasking the form of oppression to
bring about the liberation of members and groups of
society
• Emphasis on abolition of social injustice, inequality
and exploitation.
• Exhort that knowledge must be used as a practical
tool for a change
• Focus on analyzing the mechanism use in the
domination and power in schools or society by the
authorities

3. To understand these assumption the following
critical theories highlighting:
• Habitus and cultural Capital of Pierre
Bourdieu
• Elaborated and restricted code by Basil
Bernstein

4. • Habitus –person character( cultural background, knowledge and
disposition that are transmitted through the family.
• Cultural capital – way to address particular problems.. he attempted to
understand social inequalities.
• Bourdieu views society as people equipped with four capital
 Economic- money and property
 Social- whom you know
 Cultural- what you know
 Symbolic- what you enjoy, honor