education

Question 1

norms

Answer 1

what society sees as acceptable behaviour. we learn our norms and values via the process of socialisation

Question 2

socialisation

Answer 2

the learning of norms and values. we first learn through our home

Question 3

parsons

Answer 3

the school is a society in miniature which helps to teach and prepare people for the demands and expectations of wider society

Question 4

meritocracy

Answer 4

its a society where you get rewarded for hard work

Question 5

4 functions of education

Answer 5

social solidarity
univerlistic studies
teach specialist skills
bridge between home life+ wider society

Question 6

Howard Becker

Answer 6

the idea of teacher labelling
when a child becomes exposed to labels they will accept that label and it will become true

Question 7

labelling theory

Answer 7

agents of social control attach stigmatizing stereotypes to groups and the stigmatized change their behaviour once labelled

Question 8

2 factors when examining class differences in educational achievement

Answer 8

internal factors
external factors

Question 9

internal factors (class differences)

Answer 9

these are factors within school and the education system

Question 10

external factors (class differences)

Answer 10

these are factors outside of the education system, such as the influence of home and family background/ or wider society
material and cultural deprevation

Question 11

cultural deprivation theorists

Answer 11

they argue that most of us acquire the basic skills, values and attitudes needed to succeed in education via primary socialisation
and working class families fail to socialise their children adequately

Question 12

3 features of cultural deprivation

Answer 12

intellectual development
language
attitudes/values

Question 13

attitudes and values

Answer 13

parents values have an effect upon educational achievement

Question 14

2 ways education benefits all

Answer 14

meritocracy
role allocation

Question 15

the hidden curriculum

Answer 15

it teaches the w/c the values needed within employment

Question 16

intellectual development in W/C

Answer 16

many w/c homes lack the books educational toys and activities to stimulate a Childs intellectual development

Question 17

elaborated code

Answer 17

used by m/c- characterized by wider vocabulary and use of complex sentences

Question 18

restricted code

Answer 18

used by w/c- informal language (slang)

Question 19

neoliberalism

Answer 19

an economic doctrine that has had a major influence on education policy. they argue that the state should not provide services such as education, health and welfare

Question 20

the solution (Chubb and Moe)

Answer 20

Chubb and Moe’s answer to the supposed inefficacy of state schools is to introduce a market system in state education that is give control to consumers (parents and local committees)

Question 21

legitimization of class inequality

Answer 21

ideas and beliefs that justify class inequality by disguising its true causes

Question 22

term value consensus

Answer 22

the need for societies to have a common set of beliefs and principles to work with and towards

Question 23

material deprivation

Answer 23

when you don’t have the money to buy resources such as text books, tutors, technology

Question 24

cultural deprivation

Answer 24

not following the expected norms and values linked to education by parents