Education (Paper 1)

Question 1

Althusser

Answer 1

education reproduces class inequalities and legitimates working class failure as their fault

Question 2

Becker

Answer 2

Teachers judge pupils based on how closely they fit the ideal pupil

Question 3

Bourdieu

Answer 3

Middle class pupils with cultural capital are better equipped for education

Question 4

Bowles and Gintis

Answer 4

Schools create new generations of workers to serve the capitalist system

Question 5

Davis and moore

Answer 5

Schools allocate pupils to their future work roles

Question 6

Douglas

Answer 6

Working class parents place less value on education

Question 7

Durkheim

Answer 7

Education serves two main functions: social solidarity and the teaching of specialist skills

Question 8

Fuller

Answer 8

High achieving black girls maintain a positive self image by rejecting teacher’s negative stereotypes

Question 9

Parsons

Answer 9

schools operate on meritocratic principles

Question 10

Rosenthal and jacobson

Answer 10

IQ tests falsely indicated that children would excel, teachers ended up treating them differently and they achieved higher as a result

Question 11

Sharpe

Answer 11

Girls ambitions in the 1970s were to marry and have children however now they want careers and independence