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name and describe the two functions of education

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  • social- secondary socialisation, teaches manners/ to submit to authority, how to make friends
  • economic- teaches skills for work, sorts people into appropriate jobs, provides childcare for working parents
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what are Durkheim’s views on education?

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functionalism
* education passes on norms/ values to children
* creating social order through consensus

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what is Parsons’ view on education?

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functionalism
* it is the bridge between the family and wider society
* education is meritocratic because it teaches children the value of achievement

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how does education serve/ support capitalism?

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  • prepares you for exploitation in the workplace
  • justifies inequality (prioritising/ serving bourgeoisie)
  • passes on ruling class ideas
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what is Bowles & Gintis’ theory on education?

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marxism
* correspondance theory
* norms and values learnt in school are needed for work
* school has boring repetitive lessons that are rewarded by high grades
* work has boring repetitive shifts that are rewarded by wages
* education teaches to accept a hierarchy and to work for rewards

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who made the correspondance theory?

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bowles & gintis

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who believed education is meritocratic?

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parsons

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who believed education was the bridge between the family and wider society?

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parsons

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who believed that education passes on norms/ values through secondary socialisation?

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durkheim

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who believed education creates social order through consensus?

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durkheim

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how does education reinforce the patriarchy?

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  • hidden curriculum
  • gender stereotyping by subject choice
  • shows men in positions of power (majority male headmasters and female teachers)
  • girls outperforming boys even though studies show teachers pay more attention to male students
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criticisms of the functionalist perspective on education

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  • overlooks how gender/ class/ ethnicity affect advancement in society
  • do we live in a meritocracy?
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criticism of the marxist perspective on education

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ignores how some working class people succeed

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criticism of the feminist perspective on education

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white liberal feminism ignores how gender intersects with class and ethnicity

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characteristics of a comprehensive school

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  • state/ government/ tax funded
  • educates all children
  • access to the same levels
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characteristics of academies (schools)

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  • tax funded
  • most secondary schools
  • they control their spending and curriculum
  • educate everyone
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characteristics of free schools

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  • tax funded
  • very few
  • can be set up by anyone e.g. parents, businesses
  • control over spending/ curriculum
  • started in 2010
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why should private schools be allowed?

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  • parents can choose how to spend their own money
  • better facilities
  • academic culture
  • smaller classes
  • better opportunities
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why shouldn’t private schools be allowed?

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  • increase social inequality
  • social divide
  • takes away motivation for the government to invest in state education
  • most schools don’t follow the national curriculum anyway
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what is de-schooling?

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the idea that schools should be abolished and replaced with an informal education system

21
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name important education policies in order and when they were made

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  • forster act 1870
  • butler act 1944
  • comprehensive movement 1965
  • sex discrimination act 1975
  • education reform act 1988
  • new labour 1997-2010
  • conservatives 2010- present
22
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what is the forster act?

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  • created elementary schools (free), replacing voluntary church schools
  • compulsory attendance for ages 5-10
23
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what is the butler act?

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  • created tripartite system
  • consisted of grammar schools, secondary technical schools (vocational), secondary modern schools
  • 11+ exams to get into grammar school
24
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what is the comprehensive movement?

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  • switched tripartite system to comprehensive schools
  • introducing catchment area
  • mixed ability
  • more academic children sat exams
25
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what is the sex discrimination act in education?

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  • girls and boys allowed to study the same subjects
  • this impacted school admissions
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what is the education reform act?

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  • introduced marketisation of education- ofsted, league tables, parentocracy
  • introduced national curriculum and GCSEs
27
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what is the new labour act in education?

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  • labour party attempt to reduce inequality
  • education maintenance allowance- poorer students paid £30/ week to do A-levels
  • free childcare for pre-schoolers
  • tuition fees for uni
28
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what is the conservative act in education?

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  • increased marketisation
  • scrapped EMA
  • tuition fees increases
  • free school meals
  • grading system changed
29
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what external factors effect achievement in education?

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  • gender/ socialisation
  • material deprivation
  • parental attitudes
  • language
  • job market/ current economy
  • education policy
30
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what internal factors effect achievement?

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  • school ethos
  • hidden curriculum
  • setting/ streaming
  • labelling theory/ self-fulfilling prophecy
  • subcultures
31
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what were skelton’s ideas on education?

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feminism/ focus on gender- boys prefer science subjects because they are seen as more difficult/ higher status than “softer” subjects chosen by girls

32
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who though that boys prefer science subjects because they are seen as more difficult than “softer” subjects chosen by girls?

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skelton

33
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what were murphy & elwood’s views about education?

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feminism/ focus on gender
* early socialisation impacts subject choice
* boys read hobby books/ informative texts
* girls read stories about people
* so boys prefer science
* and girls prefer english and social sciences

34
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who thought that early socialisation impacts subject choice?

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murphy & elwood

35
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what was mitsos & browne’s view about education?

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feminism/ focus on gender
* teaching is now feminised- studets are more looked after/ cared for
* boys may feel excluded in female dominated environment but studies show this is rare

36
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who thought that teaching has been feminised?

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mitsos & browne

37
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what were willis’ views on education?

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marxism
* working class “lads” create anti-school subcultures
* this sets themselves up for manual jobs
* more focussed on “having a laff” than doing well

38
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who thought that working class “lads” create anti-school subcultures?

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willis

39
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how have patterns of gender and achievement changed over time?

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  • before the 1920s, boys did better in school
  • but now there are more jobs for women, new laws and more female role models
40
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what subcultures do girls have according to mcrobbie?

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they chat in their bedrooms with friends which develops communication skills

41
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what were halsey, heath and ridge’s view on education?

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marxism/ focus on class
* that other external factors influence educational success because of class inequality
* parental encouragement
* grammar schools are in middle class areas (affecting catchment area)
* wether families can afford uniform and school trips

42
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who suggested alternative external factors that could affect educational achievement because of class inequalities?

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heath, halsey and ridge

43
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what was bernstein’s view on education?

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marxism/ focus on class
* working class children lack language skills to succeed
* elaborated code- used by middle class (complex sentences, larger vocab, correct grammar)
* restricted code- used by working class (simple sentences, limited vocab, grammar/ mistakes)

44
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who thought that working class kids lack language skills to succeed in education?

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bernstein

45
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what was ball’s view on education?

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marxism
* mixed ability classes teach towards the middle
* working class gravitated to lower bands
* makes them anti-school
* they get fewer qualifications
* tbh is reproduces class inequality

46
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who thought that mixed ability classes taught towards middle ability causing working class to become anti-school?

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ball

47
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what ethnicities are highest achieving in education?

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chinese and indian asian

48
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what ethnicities are lowest achieving in education?

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white students on free school meals, black caribbean, bangladeshi, pakistani

49
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what is an ethnocentric curriculum?

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type of educational curriculum that is based on the cultural values and perspectives of a particular ethnic or cultural group
* focus on the history, culture, and achievements of the dominant group, often to the exclusion or marginalisation of other groups

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