Topic 5 Flashcards
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What does Durkheim state the role of education is
Social solidarity and skills
Why does Durkheim argue school acts as a society in miniature
As it teaches pupils how wider society is e.g working with people you don’t know
What is the role of education in modern industrial economies
To teach the specific knowledge and skills necessary to play a part in the social division of labour
What type of specialist skills do schools teach
Teamwork and cooperation
Time management
Problem solving
Who argues that the education system is meritocratic
Parsons
What does Parsons state school acts as a bridge to
From the family to wider society
Define particularistic standards
Standards only set for one self
Usually used in the family
Define Universalistic standards
Standards applied to yourself and everyone else
Used in school and wider society
Who state the role of education is role allocation
Davis and Moore
How do schools do role allocation
By assessing students abilities and matching a job based on their strongest abilities
Why does Davis and Moore argue inequality is necessary in society
As you need the most talented people for the best jobs and the only way to get those talented people to do those jobs is by offering those jobs high rewards
Why does Chubb and Moe argue that state run education has failed
Failed the needs of disadvantaged groups and has not created equal opportunities
What is the voucher system Chubb and Moe offer
Where each family receive an education voucher they can use to buy education from a school of their choice
Who criticises Chubb and Moe
Ball and Gerwitz
How does Ball and Gerwitz critic Chubb and Moe
Having competition between schools will just benefit the M/C as they’ll use economic and cultural capital to get the best schools
Define the Ideological State Apparatus
Controls thoughts and ideas
Who talks about the ISA and RSA
Althusser
Examples of ISA
Education
Religion
Media
How does education reproduce class inequality according to Althusser
Fails each generation of W/C pupils
How does education justify class inequality according to Althusser
Persuades workers that inequality is inevitable and that they’re in their position cause they did bad in school
What does Bowles and Gintis argue the role of education is
To reproduce an obedient workforce and benefit capitalism
Define Correspondence Principle
The parallels between school and the workplace
What does Bowles and Gintis argue the correspondence principle works through
The Hidden Curriculum
