education Flashcards
4 key functionalists
Durkheim, Parsons, David and moore, Blau and Duncan
What does durkheim say education promotes
social solidarity
examples of social solidarity in school
school houses, teaching british history
two roles of the state
•framework so schools compete against eachother- allows parentoricy
•ensures schools follow national curriculum- affirm national identity
what are the two apparatus (althusser, marxism)
-repressive state apparatus
-ideological state apparatus
two functions of education in sustaining capitalism (althusser, marxism)
•education reproduces class inequalities - by failing each generation of WC pupils
•education legitimated class inequalities - by transmitting ideologies disguise true cause of WC pupils
what is correspondence principle
parallel between school and workplace
examples of correspondence principle
hierarchy of authority, alienation, extrinsic of satisfaction, fragmentation of knowledge, competition and division
what is marxist and functionalist view on correspondence principles
M- preserves power of bourgeoisie + maintains subordination of proletariat
F- prepares next generation for work in positive respect
what is myth of meritocracy
social mobility through one’s own work isn’t able because of capitalist society
what is globalisation
gender gap in achievement
external factors for gender differences in ed
internal factors for gender differences in ed
identity, class and girls achievement
what is symbolic capital
gender- wc girls dilemma
gender- boys and achievement
laddish subcultures
gender- moral panic about boys
gender and subject choice
gendered subject images
gendered career opportunities
gender identity
