Education Flashcards
What do functionalists do?
Work together to maintain society as a whole
What is social solidarity
Social unity
What is specialized division of labour
A labour force with a large number of specialised occupations
What is secondary socialization
Socialisation provided by school, peers, work, media etc
What is role allocation
The system of allocating people the jobs/ roles which suit their aptitudes and capabilities
What is meritocracy
a system in which rewards are distributed based on merit
According to Durkheim, how does education effect social solidarity
Education system helps to create social solidarity by transmitting society’s culture
How do marxists see the education system
The education system serves the interests of the ruling class rather than of society as a whole.
What does Durkheim believe?
Societies have a shared culture that can be passed on by the education system- although in a multi cultural society, some shared norms and values are essential for society to hold together
One function schools perform
-create social solidarity
One criticism of functionalism
Functionalists imply that pupils passively accept all that they are taught and never reject the school’s values
Another criticism of functionalism
Evidence that equal opportunity in education does not exist-achievement influenced by class background
What is a repressive state
Maintains the rule of the bourgeoisie by force(police,court,Army etc)
What is the ideological state
Maintains rule of bourgeoisie by controlling peoples ideas, values and beliefs
2 functions the education system performs
-Reduces class inequality
-Legitimises class inequality
Educational priority areas
Low income areas given additional resources for education
Criticism of Bourdieu view
Marxists argue that he ignores the power of the economy to share the education system
What is the ruling class? Who are they?
The class who own the forces of production- Bourgeoisie
social reproduction
Transmission of social inequality from one generation to the next
economic capital
financial resources
social capital
The manners &tastes v language of the dominant classes
Conversion
The process of when 1 form of capital reinforces another
Tripartite system
3 part system of secondary education
