subject choice - class Flashcards
(17 cards)
what are the three factors of why class can affect subject choice?
- status of vocational courses
- teacher labelling (Willis)
- parent’s cultural attitudes (Sugarman)
What does the theory that “the status of vocational courses” explains class subject choice argue?
until recently vocational education has been given a lower status, leading to lower paid work. so w/c pupils are more pushed towards them. Marxists call them a second-rate education which produces passive and docile workers.
Which theory explaining class subject choice argues that vocational education has been given a lower status, leading to lower paid work, so w/c pupils are more pushed towards them?
The Status of Vocational Courses
In the “The Status of Vocational Courses” explanation for class subject choice, what to Marxists call vocational education?
A second-rate education for the working class, producing passive and docile workers
What is an evaluation of “The Status of Vocational Courses” as an explanation of class subject choice?
the introduction of T-levels have begun to raise the status of vocational education. (two year course equivalent to three a-levels, with practical, theory and industry placement)
What theory of class subject choice is “the introduction of T-levels” an evaluation for?
The Status of Vocational Courses
What does the theory that “teacher labelling” explains class subject choice argue?
Teachers label the w/c negatively resulting in self-fulfilling prophecy. this may mean w/c students are pushed to taking easier BTEC subjects.
Which theory of class subject choice argues that self-fulling prophecy within schools leads to the w/c being pushed to tale B-Tec subjects?
Teacher Labelling
In the Teacher Labelling theory of class subject choice which study can be used as an example for how teachers label (in general)?
Rosenthal and Jacobson - ‘spurters’
In the Teacher Labelling theory of class subject choice which study can be used as an example for how SFP works on w/c students?
Paul Willis - ‘lads’
What is an evaluation for Teacher Labelling as a theory of class subject choice (Willis)?
Willis romanticised the lads, painting them as w/c heroes, ignoring their sexist and racist views.
Which theory of class subject choice can be evaluated by Willis romanticising the lads and painting them as w/c heroes?
Teacher Labelling
What does the theory that “Cultural Attitudes of Parents” explains class subject choice argue?
attitudes result from different natures of manual /non-manual work. deferred or immediate gratification. w/c therefore more like to desire manual jobs, so take vocational subjects to get direct access.
Which theory of class subject choice argues that attitudes result from different natures of manual /non-manual work: deferred or immediate gratification?
Cultural Attitudes of Parents
Which type of gratification do the w/c and m/c have according to the “Cultural Attitudes of Parents” theory of class subject choice?
Working Class : Immediate
Middle Class : Deferred/Delayed
What is an evaluation of the “Cultural Attitudes of Parents” theory of class subject choice?
Postmodernism - outdated there is now a blurred line between the differences in w/c and m/c values and attitudes.
Which theory of class subject choice can be evaluated by postmodernists calling it outdated due to the blurred line between w/c and m/c values and attitudes now?
Cultural Attitudes of Parents
