Role of education in society Flashcards
(22 cards)
What do functionalists believe 3 broad functions of education
Socialisation
Skills provision
Role allocation
What and who beleives in socialisation
Parsons - 2ndary socialisation bridges the gap between home nd work life forming a shared value consensus on society
Durkheim - increases social cohesion, ed teaching history gives us pride and understanding of where we are from. Therefore can be used to prevent anomie
Who and what is skills provision
New right agree. Investing in humans education is similar to investing in machinery. Teach basic skills needed for a modern industrial society, especially in vocational schools
Who and what is role allocation
Davis and moore
Those who acheive the best can be trusted with the more diffucult jobs, et to the conclusion through eritocracy
Critics of functionalist approach
Ignores different experiences
Ignores that we live in a multicultural society
Do we get taught the right skills in British society - politics and business not compulsory
Now have to compete internationally through education
Where were Britain in PISA (programme for interntional student association) testing 2012
26th maths
23rd reading
20th sciences
What are Bowles and Gintis main points against education (Marxism)
Capitalism requires a workforce to accept exploitation (school prepares children for this)
Correspondence principle - linking school to work
Meritocracy is a myth told to wc to blame themselves
Durkheim 2 main points for education
Specialised skills
Social solidarity
How does beourdieu believe that education reproduces inequalities
WC kids have no chance due to them lacking cultural , economic and social capital.
Their habitus wasn’t appreciated in school
What does Althusser believe education is
An ISA which prevents the need of RSAs later on in life - sharing di
Critics of marxism
Ignore wc who do well
Ignore gender and ethnicity
What does the hidden curriculum link into
Correspondence principle
Not always accepted
How does Willis believe wc lads respond to authority
Prefer to ignore it and gain cultural capital by having a laugh
What neo-marxist believes that wc lads don’t regect school, but shape it how they want
Giroux
What do social democrats believe can be a fix to education
More spending on expanding the oppurtunity for further education for wc. Attempted in 1960s and 1970s.
What is a counter to social democrats
Didn’t succeed when implemented. Switzerland spend little on education but have one of the best systems in the world
Who beleives that before privatisation, education was unresponsive to the needs of parents/pupils
Chubb and Moe - new right
Partly wyhy private schools do better
What were main features of 1988 education reform act
Privatisation
League tables
National curriculum
How does marketization treat parents and schools
Parents - customers as they want to impress them - parentocracy
Schools - markets - want more pupils to gain more profits (formula funding)
What are problems of parentocracy
Schools in poorer areas can’t improve - do worse - don’t attract parents who can afford to move away
Who believes in cream skinning and silt shifting
Gerwitz
Cream skinning - picking the best
Silt shifting - shifting along worse students
Discrimination is illegal but hard to regulate
Who believes parentocracy is a myth as only mc or uc parents understand
Ball
