theories on role of education Flashcards
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Marxist theory on the role of education
> Althusser- protects ruling class power by ideological state apparatus
edu system reproduces class inequalities- by failing each successive generation pf w/c so they can’t better themselves, so rich stay rich and poor stay poor.
edu system legitimises inequality- by producing ideologies (ideas and beliefs) that disguise the truth so w/c think the system is fair and just
A03:- too determisntic- assumes students passively follow ruling class ideolgy
:- overempahsises influemec of class on inequailty and ignores other eg. ethnivity, gender which lead to social ineqaulity
> Bowles and Gintis- serves ineterst of ruling class by producing obsidnet, unquestioning workforce
Correspondnace Principle- close links between school and workplace, both have hiercahies and alieneted from their work eg. alck of control, fragmentaation of knowlege at skl mirrors sperartion of tasks at work
Fordism- system where work is reperotive and alienetaing eg. assembly line in factory
Hidden Ciriculum- students learn to obey authoity and be submissive and get rewarded like at work- this prevenst revoltuion
Myth of Meritocracy- onlym/c succeed as they’re more able so blame is on indivuidla not cpiatalism. Prevents w/c from rebelling so they accept inequality
A03:- too detrmrinstic
:- Postmodernists- edu today encourages creativity and adpatable workfoce to meet needs of chnging economy
Functionalists theory on the role of education
> Durkheim- ed promotes social solidarity.
ed creates social solidarity by transmitting social culture, norms, values to successive generations. school are “society in minitaure” preparing kids for work life
ed promotes specialist skills and knwoledge they need to play their part in the social division of labour
A03:- Marxists- ed system maintains capitalism by promtoting ruling class ideology
> Parsons- ed is secondary socilaistion- focal socialising agency to pass on value consensus (society have common set of principles and beliefs)
ed is bridge between family and wider society- in family there is particularistic standards (treated differently/ specially) and hold ascribed status (status at birth), but in real world, they have universalistic standards (everyone is treated the same) and need to have achieved status
A03:- Myth of meritocracy- m/c have more status and advantage than w/c
> Davis and Moore- role of ed is role allocation so shift and sort (select and allocate) individuals based on their abilties. eg. doctors should be rewarded more so increase competition in jobs
This creates human capital - worker’s skills which economy uses in most effective ways to maximise productivity
A03:- New Right- ed fails to prepare students for work life as theres too much gov interfernce
:-Tumin- theory is circular as they don’t explain why some jobs are more important than others
Feminist theory on the role of education
> textbooks- images in textbooks are men and women in traditional roles eg. male doctor, female nurse
-language in textbooks use gendered pronouns he, him when referring to a person. this downgrades women to be invisible
> teacher interactions- Stanworth study showed teachers show more interest in boys than girls, asking more questions and giving help. teachers also have higher expectations of boys achievement and careers than girls
> student interactions- reinforce gender stereotypes. eg girls who play sports called “tomboys” and guys who cry are called “feminine”
> curriculum- women tend to be missing in content of subjects eg. queens in history, female authors, female scientists
A03:- ignore improvements made to ed system eg. GIST and WISE- equal opportunities policies
:- textbooks are rewritten to include women
New Right theory on the role of education
