Education Flashcards
Paul WILLIS
-Marxist
-Working class boys get working class jobs
-case study
-Boys reject effeminate things
BOWLES + GINTIS
-Marxist
-School is similar to Workplace via hidden curriculum
-Myth of meritocracy
-Correspondence principle
-Reproduces Capitalism
Talcott PARSONS
-Functionalist
-2 Functions
•secondary socialisation
•role allocation
Emile DURKHEIM
-Functionalist
-Teaches kids how to behave
-Creates social cohesion
HALSEY, HEATH + RIDGE
-Survey on Men
-no meritocracy due to service class being favoured
BALL, BOWE + GERWITZ
-Interviews
-Schools are marketised
-Middle classes have more access to league tables
Stephen BALL
-Case Study
-Working class kids are more likely to be in lower sets
-Labelling theory
-Self fulfilling prophecy