Role and functions of education Flashcards
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What does Human Capital refer to?
The stock of knowledge, skills, values, habits, and creativity that makes someone an economic asset to society.
Define Hidden Curriculum.
The informal learning processes that happen in school, teaching students the norms and values of society.
What are Particularistic Values?
Values and rules which only apply to a specific person in a given situation (e.g., Home).
What are Universalistic Values?
Values and rules which apply to all members of society equally.
What is the Ideological State Apparatus?
A social institution whose main role is to pass on the dominant ideology of the ruling class.
What does Repressive State Apparatus mean?
A social institution whose role is to enforce the dominant ideology by force or threat of force (e.g., police).
What does the Correspondence Principle indicate?
The ways in which the education system mirrors the world of work, such as hierarchy and punctuality.
List the four functions of education according to Functionalism.
- Socialisation and Social Solidarity
- Developing Human Capital
- Role Allocation
- Bridge between family and society.
Who is the key thinker associated with Socialisation and Social Solidarity?
Durkheim.
What is the role of education in building social solidarity?
It teaches students the core values of society through the hidden curriculum and PSHE lessons.
What is the Myth of Meritocracy?
The belief that education provides equal opportunities for all, which is contradicted by the existence of private education.
What do Marxists argue about the role of education?
Education maintains capitalism and reproduces social inequality.
What is the function of the hidden curriculum according to Marxists?
It reinforces social inequality and maintains ruling class ideology.
Who proposed the idea that education is a means of role allocation?
Davis and Moore.
What is the New Right view of education?
Similar beliefs to Functionalists but argue that the state takes too much of a role and that marketisation would raise standards.
What did Chubb and Moe advocate for in education policy?
Education vouchers and parentocracy.
What does Neo-Marxism suggest about working-class acceptance of their position?
It rejects the view that the working class passively accept their position to become compliant workers.
What do Morrow and Torres claim about student identity in postmodern societies?
Students create their own identities rather than being constrained by traditional structures like class.
What is the relationship between education and economic success according to some critiques?
There is a weak link between educational achievement and economic success.
Fill in the blank: The process of education is much more complex and involves _______.
[teacher-pupil relationships].
True or False: The hidden curriculum is shaped to assist middle-class achievement and deter working-class achievement.
True.
List three criticisms of the functionalist perspective on education.
- Ignores dysfunctional aspects of education
- Myth of meritocracy
- Hidden curriculum reinforces social inequality.
What role does private education play in the context of Marxist theory?
It prepares children of the elite for positions of power.
How do social democrats view the impact of government policies on working-class achievement?
They suggest that policies such as comprehensivisation have improved the chances of the working class.
