Education

Question 1

What is formal education?

Answer 1

Eg, school, college, university etc.

Question 2

What is informal education?

Answer 2

Learning by observing.

Question 3

What is a private school?

Answer 3

A school that isn’t funded by the government, They don’t have to follow the curriculum but have high fees.

Question 4

What is an academy?

Answer 4

A school that isn’t under government control, they allow more academic freedom and do not follow the curriculum.

Question 5

What is a free school?

Answer 5

A non-profit government funded school.

Question 6

What is a faith school?

Answer 6

A school that teaches more about a specific religion, this can avoid children being discriminated against their religion.

Question 7

What is a state school?

Answer 7

Its similar to private education but is government funded.

Question 8

What are alternative provisions?

Answer 8

These are for kids who are excluded from school, are homeschooled, or go to special education schools.

Question 9

What is the functionalist view on education?

Answer 9

They believe schools are essential to teaching norms and values, and that schools build social solidarity.

Question 10

What does Durkheim say about education?

Answer 10

He says it is essential for secondary socialisation, and your career is purely based on how well you did in school. (meritocracy)

Question 11

What is meritocracy?

Answer 11

The idea that everyone has equal opportunities and if you do good you will gain status.

Question 12

What are paticularistic standards?

Answer 12

For example, parents creating rules for a specific child’s abilities.

Question 13

What are universal standards?

Answer 13

Standard rules such as laws and school rules.

Question 14

What is the idea that Parsons mainly believed?

Answer 14

Meritocracy.

Question 15

What do Marxists believe about education?

Answer 15

They believe that education trains children to be slaves to capitalism.

Question 16

What is the feminist view on education?

Answer 16

Feminists believe that school enforces patriarchy at a young age by gendering subjects and not encouraging interests.

Question 17

What is labelling?

Answer 17

When teachers label a child ar good or bad that child can take that on and it can have an impact on their education.

Question 18

What is ethnocentrism?

Answer 18

Only seeing something from on ethnicities point of view.

Question 19

What is an anti-school subculture?

Answer 19

A group of people who are bad at school come together and discourage working hard in school.

Question 20

Who doesn’t agree with meritocracy

Answer 20

Marxists and feminists.

Question 21

What is the correspondence principle?

Answer 21

Schools reflect the workplace.

Question 22

What is cultural capital?

Answer 22

The skills and knowledge middle class parents have that they can use to give their children an advantage in the education system.

Question 23

What is deschooling?

Answer 23

An alternative form of education where formal schools are replaced by alternative methods of education such as homeschooling.

Question 24

What is an ethnocentric curriculum?

Answer 24

A curriculum that focuses on a particular ethnicity.

Question 25

What is the gendered curriculum?

Answer 25

How stereotypes and expectations about gender are promoted through both the formal and hidden curriculum.

Question 26

What is labelling?

Answer 26

Attaching a name or trait to a person or group, often based on a stereotype.

Question 27

What is marketisation of schools?

Answer 27

a 1988 act that aimed to bring
competition and choice into education.

Question 28

What is material deprivation?

Answer 28

When students lack the money and the things money can buy to succeed.

Question 29

What are selective schools?

Answer 29

Where students are selected for a school based on certain criteria such as academic ability or religion.

Question 30

What is social capital?

Answer 30

Contacts and relationships middle class parents have to help pupils succeed.

Question 31

What is social mobility?

Answer 31

Movement up or down the social ladder.

Question 32

What is vocationalism?

Answer 32

Education focused more on practical or technical skills aimed at a certain job or career.

Question 33

Who researched the correspondence principle?

Answer 33

Bowles and Gintis.

Question 34

What is the correspondence principle?

Answer 34

The idea that school reflect the workplace through teaching obedience, accepting boredom and external rewards.

Question 35

Who believes school is a ‘mini society’?

Answer 35

Durkheim.

Question 36

What does the functionalist Parsons argue about education?

Answer 36

He believes education acts as a bridge between family and society.

Question 37

What standard are children held to in a standard school?

Answer 37

Universalistic.

Question 38

What is a criticism of the functionalist view on education?

Answer 38

Education may not benefit all students equally due to class and gender etc.

Question 39

What are the four functions of education?

Answer 39

Serving the economy, social mobility, social cohesion, and secondary socialisation.

Question 40

How do schools serve the economy?

Answer 40

Education provides skills/qualifications that prepare pupils for jobs essential to the economy.

Question 41

What does Willis explore?

Answer 41

He researches the idea of anti-school subculture.

Question 42

In school, what is setting?

Answer 42

Pupils put in different sets for different subjects.

Question 42

In school, what is setting?

Answer 42

Pupils put in different sets for different subjects.

Question 43

In school, what is streaming?

Answer 43

Pupils are put in the same ability set for all subjects.

Question 44

What is mixed ability teaching?

Answer 44

A classroom where all ability students are taught together.