Theories of Education

Question 1

Functionalism, Durkheim

Answer 1

education has important functions; socialisation (passes on norms and values), molds us into responsible citizens and teaches us specific skills needed in the economy so we can contribute to society

Question 2

Functionalism, Parsons

Answer 2

Education acts as a bridge between the family and the workplace, also it socialises children into societies norms and values

Question 3

Meritocracy, Davis and Moore

Answer 3

Some roles require more training and commitment and have greater responsibilities they are rewarded by high pay and good working conditions
The education system sorts and shifts children to take on those roles, by identifying the most talented

Question 4

Marxism, Althusser

Answer 4

education is an ideological state apparatus, it passes on idea of the ruling class. 
This is also supported by hegemony, which means which is when dominant ideas of the ruling class become embedded within our culture which means we learn the capitalism is fair and acceptable 

education teaches us to get a job, punctuality, uniform and respecting authority

Question 5

Marxism, Bowles and Gintis

Answer 5

the school is organized in a similar way to a capitalist workplace. The economy needs obedient workers in order to thrive therefore they are trained to do this in school by the hidden curriculum.
ex, sanction = detentions

Question 6

Neo-Marxism, Giroux

Answer 6

He argues that unlike Bowles and Gintis pupils, in fact, do rebel against being disciplined in school. They may even form ASSC

Question 7

Marxism, cultural capital, Bourdieu

Answer 7

School's are middle-class institutions, so middle-class pupils fit in easier than working-class pupils. And they are more likely to succeed in education
(Cultural Capital)

Question 8

Marxism, cultural capital, Bourne

Answer 8

Found that when parents are educated and have cultural capital their children are more likely to succeed because of their social class at all stages of a pupil's educational careers. 
(success is passed down through the generations)

Question 9

Neo-Marxism, Archers

Answer 9

educational failure leads to working-class to find other ways of creating self-worth and status. Working-class boys choose to eliminate themselves from or exclude themselves from school because of there ‘Nike lifestyle’ doesn’t fit in with the school’s identity

Question 10

Interactionalism, Becker

Answer 10

Ideal Pupil, complete homework on time, neat, tidy and obedient
People believe teachers treat pupils differently according to there label

Question 11

Interactionalism, Rosenthal and Jacobson

Answer 11

Found teachers treated children differently because they thought they were more intelligent. Researchers picked names out of a hat and then used that to tell a teacher who was going to be successful then returning a year later those pupils who were pulled out of a hat where the top of the class because they had fulfilled their labels fro there teachers

Question 12

Interactionalism, Dunne and Gazely

Answer 12

Children who have a lower social class are more likely to be in the bottom set because teachers use the pupils social class to justify where they are positioned and their own expectations

Question 13

Interactionalism, Mac an Ghail

Answer 13

basically Rosenthal and Jacobson

Question 14

Feminism, Wilkinson

Answer 14

Genderquake, females are now the gender of success

Question 15

Feminism, Mitsos and Browne

Answer 15

Women’s movement raised expectations and self-esteem of women . Girls now look beyond being a mother or housewife.

Question 16

Feminism, Sue Sharpe

Answer 16

young women’s attitudes have changed. They were prioritising careers rather than families and husbands