Education Flashcards
(34 cards)
What did Bowels and Gintis say about obedience? (Marxist)
Argued capitalism produces obedient workforce that will accept inequality as inevitable, people who showed independence and creativity led to low grades and those who showed obedience and discipline got high grades.
What did Althusser say society consisted of? (Marxism)
Of 2 apparatus: repressive state (police + army keep W/C in line) and ideological state (U/C controls w/c)
What did Willis say white boys create?
Patriarchal subcultures
What functions of education did Durkheim identify?(functionalism)
Two main functions of education: creating solidarity and teaching specialist skills > leads to division of labour and education transmits norms and values
What does parson believe in? (Functionalist) and what did David and Moore argue?
He believes in meritocracy, sees schools as free socialising agency and status is achieved not ascribed.
D+M: argue school performs function of selecting and allocating future work roles.
What did Chubb and Moe study with marketisation? (New Right)
Giving consumer choice (compared 60,000 students from low income families and they did 5% better in private schools compared to state)
What did Gerwitz and Ball (Marxist) criticise new right for?
Argued competition benefits m/c as they can afford to get into better schools
What did lyotard (postmodernist) say about classical thinkers?
Classic thinkers are wrong as there are no longer blanket ideas of society (meta narratives) as society has changed so much that one concept can’t cover everything.
What did Douglas say about cultural deprivation?
Many w/c homes lack books and educational toys and w/c families place less value on uni and education.
What did Bernstein say?
W/C use restricted code and u/c use elaborate code.
What did sugarman say?
W/C subcultures create barriers to education.
What did smith and noble say about low income?
What did Howard say about w/c children?
What did Tanner et Al say?
Can seriously limit educational progress leads to material deprivation etc.
Howard: w/c children get less vitamins/minerals
> school being missed.
Tanner et Al: Poorer families can’t afford tutors,equipment and computers.
Bordieu: Cultural Capital includes cultural, educational and economic.
What did Dennis and Eric say about economic capital?
Study of Coventry shows m/c can afford house in catchment area of good school (selection by mortgage)
What did Palmer say about ethnic minority families?
Nearly 1/2 are low income, and ethnic minorities are 2X more likely to be unemployed and face material challenges.
What did Wood et Al study?
Job applications: 3, one wb name one wb women name and one ethnic sounding name : only 1/16 ethnic got accepted compared to 1/9 of white.
What did Gillborn and Youdell study with self fulfilling prophecy?
What did Wright say about Asian kids?
What did Fuller study about SDP?
Teachers quicker to discipline black students > sfp > rebel
Wright: Teachers assumed Asian kids couldn’t understand English > left out of discussions.
Fuller: studied yr 11 black girls who rejected underachieving label > worked hard to achieve.
What did Gillborn say about institutional racism?
What did David say about the ethnocentric curriculum?
What did Tinky et Al say about black students?
‘Race inequality is a central and constant feature in the education system’
David: national curriculum is specifically British
Tilky et Al: more likely to be placed into lower tier gcse exams due to lower sets.
What did Mcrobbie see that helped gender achievement?
Magazines showed independent women, empowers girls in school
What did Sharpe study?
Interviewed girls in 1970’s and found low aspirations due to focus on marriage etc.
Feminism/gender achievement statistics
2007: 70% employed are females
Only 16% of primary school teachers are male
1 in 100 childcare are boys
What did Epstein and Francis (2001) say about laddish subculture
More likely to be labelled as sissies and more worried about it by peers.
What did Byrne say?
Boys expected to be tough and girls expected to be quiet and tidy.
What did Archer say about ethnicity?
Teachers use ethnicity when constructing identity of students.
Ideal(white m/c), pathologised(Asia) and Demonised(black,w/c)
Also w/c had to speak and dress like m/c in order to be successful.
What did Gorard say?
Coursework benefited girls, took more care and were better organised.
