Education Flashcards
(49 cards)
name and describe the two functions of education
- 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
what are Durkheim’s views on education?
functionalism
* education passes on norms/ values to children
* creating social order through consensus
what is Parsons’ view on education?
functionalism
* it is the bridge between the family and wider society
* education is meritocratic because it teaches children the value of achievement
how does education serve/ support capitalism?
- prepares you for exploitation in the workplace
- justifies inequality (prioritising/ serving bourgeoisie)
- passes on ruling class ideas
what is Bowles & Gintis’ theory on education?
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
who made the correspondance theory?
bowles & gintis
who believed education is meritocratic?
parsons
who believed education was the bridge between the family and wider society?
parsons
who believed that education passes on norms/ values through secondary socialisation?
durkheim
who believed education creates social order through consensus?
durkheim
how does education reinforce the patriarchy?
- 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
criticisms of the functionalist perspective on education
- overlooks how gender/ class/ ethnicity affect advancement in society
- do we live in a meritocracy?
criticism of the marxist perspective on education
ignores how some working class people succeed
criticism of the feminist perspective on education
white liberal feminism ignores how gender intersects with class and ethnicity
characteristics of a comprehensive school
- state/ government/ tax funded
- educates all children
- access to the same levels
characteristics of academies (schools)
- tax funded
- most secondary schools
- they control their spending and curriculum
- educate everyone
characteristics of free schools
- tax funded
- very few
- can be set up by anyone e.g. parents, businesses
- control over spending/ curriculum
- started in 2010
why should private schools be allowed?
- parents can choose how to spend their own money
- better facilities
- academic culture
- smaller classes
- better opportunities
why shouldn’t private schools be allowed?
- 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
what is de-schooling?
the idea that schools should be abolished and replaced with an informal education system
name important education policies in order and when they were made
- forster act 1870
- butler act 1944
- comprehensive movement 1965
- sex discrimination act 1975
- education reform act 1988
- new labour 1997-2010
- conservatives 2010- present
what is the forster act?
- created elementary schools (free), replacing voluntary church schools
- compulsory attendance for ages 5-10
what is the butler act?
- created tripartite system
- consisted of grammar schools, secondary technical schools (vocational), secondary modern schools
- 11+ exams to get into grammar school
what is the comprehensive movement?
- switched tripartite system to comprehensive schools
- introducing catchment area
- mixed ability
- more academic children sat exams
