Sociologists Flashcards

(44 cards)

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Who said the ‘education triage’?

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Gilbourn and Youdell

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What did Rosenthal and Jacobson say?

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When teachers had positive exceptions of pupils, the pupils did better.

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What did Hubbs Tait Et El say?

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Use of challenging vocabulary increases cognitive performance

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Who said ‘educated parents are more likely to use challenging vocabulary’?

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Feinstein

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5
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Bernstein concluded there are…

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Restricted and elaborated codes

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6
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Douglas says…

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w/c parents:

Care less
Visit school less
Less ambitious for their kids

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Who talks about:

  • Fatalism
  • Collectivism
  • Immediate gratification
  • Present orientation
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Sugarman

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8
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Becker says the m/c student is…

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Closest to ideal student

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Who found that:

In a w/c school, ideal student is quiet and obedient, focusing on behaviour.

While at a m/c school the perfect student is based more on personality and academic performance.

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Hempel and Jorgensen

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Rits found that…

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A teacher split the class into three groups:

  • tiger (m/c)
  • clown (w/c)
  • cardinals (w/c)

m/c sat closest, w/c sat further away and received less help

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Bourdieu split cultural capital into what three categories?

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Educational Capital
Economic Capital
Culture Capital

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Who says cultural deprivation is a myth?

COUNTER

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Nell Keddie

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13
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Who says the w/c have poor diets which leads to more absences?

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Howard

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14
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Who says that w/c parents visit school less as they are working

(COUNTER-ARGUMENT FOR DOUGLAS)

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Blackstone and Moritmore

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What did Ball find?

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When schools removed banding it stopped polarisation and anti-school subculture declined but differentiation continued.

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Troyna and Williams (1986) argue that…

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It is not pupils language that limits them but the schools attitudes towards it.

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17
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Who talked about ‘nike identities’?

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Louise Archer

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Who says an anti-school subculture can lead to self fulfilling prophecy?

19
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Sue Lees (1993) says…

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Boys boast about sexual exploits but if girls do the same they are deemed “slags”.

20
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Who says the ‘male gaze’?

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Mac and Ghaill

A way to prove masculinity

21
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Who says things such as ‘transport, uniform, books, computers, calculators etc place a heavy burden on poor families?

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Tanner Et El (2003)

22
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What do Hempel and Jorgenson conclude?

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In the w/c school perfect student is quiet and obedient.

In the m/c school the perfect student is based on personality and academic achievement.

23
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Who examined ‘the way masculinity is constructed in schools and found w/c boys are likely to be harassed, labelled as sissies and subjected to homophobic abuse if seen as swots’

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Debbie Epstein (1998)

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Who says ‘asian adult authorities are like the model that operates in schools, this has a knock on effect at schools as parents are supportive of school behaviour policies’?

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Lupton (2004)

25
Bernstein and Young say
M/C parents are more likely to buy educational toys
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Who suggests that financial issues cause absences from school?
Flaherty
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Who says the cost of free schooling?
Ball
28
When was the EMA abolished?
2011
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What did Callender and Jackson find?
W/C more debt averse so less likely to go uni
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What does Reay say?
W/C go to local uni's to cut the costs through accommodation
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Moynihan (1965) says what about black families underachievement?
Black families are usually single mothers, meaning kids are given inadequate care as mother struggles financially. Fathers absence also means boys lack adequate role models of male achievement.
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What does Sewell say about black families?
Lack of father means lack of tough love, making it hard for boys to overcome emotional issues of growing up. They turn to gangs as it gives them a perverse love and loyalty. Blacks also peer pressure each other into joining gangs and an anti school subculture
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Who criticises Sewells theory of black underachievement?
Gillborn - Not peer pressure that causes underachievement but institutional racism
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Who says that 'street culture in white w/c areas means young people must learn to intimidate and not be scared and school allows these power games to be played out again, causing disruption etc'
Evans (2006)
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What does Driver (1977) say?
Criticises cultural deprivation theory for ignoring positive effects of ethnic minorities. e.g. Single mothers show strong female role model.
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Who are the functionalist sociologists for roles of education?
Durkheim Parsons Davis and Moore
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What does Durkheim say?
2 roles - Social Solidarity - Specialist Skills
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What does Davis and Moore say?
Role allocation
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What does parsons say the role of education is?
Meritocracy
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What did Dewar say?
Male students called girls lesbians or butch for showing interest in sport.
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Ball and Whitty say what about education policies?
Marketisation causes inequalites
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Althusser
Ideological state apparatus is the role of education
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Chubb and moe
No role as it’s failed to give kids the skills needed
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Ford Criticism for comprehensive
There was little social integration due to streaming