Education Flashcards
What does Becky Francis say
Working class underachieve due to lack of social capital and not being confident in dealing with teachers and school procedures
What is social capital
Knowledge and social skills needed to understand eductation system
What does Pierre bourdieu say
Middle class have language , knowledge and values which are valued by the education system due to it being run by upper classes, this is called cultural capital
How does Stephen ball criticise marketisation
middle class parents ahve knowledge on how the education system works and can get there children to the better schools
What does Halsey argue
Material factors have a bigger impact than cultural factors for explaining working class underachievement
What is selection by mortgage
Working class parnets can get transport or move to areas of better schools
What does Diane rey say about the curriculum
It’s irrelevant to working class students so they become disengaged
Who looked at the impact of setting and streaming
Stephen ball looked at those in the bottom sets having low expectations so under achieving , given simple forms of knowledge and sitting lower level exams, based on social class etc
What did David hargreaves look at
Teachers label middle class students positively, able and clever, and working class as the opposite as trouble makers and failures, so they join anti school subcultures
Howard Becker argues….
Teachers have an ideal pupil that matches a middle class one
What was Halseys study
Longitudinal study on poverty and education achievement called origins and destinations
What is function
Education creates social solidarity and brings people together , it is seen as a functional prerequisite as it passes on culture and core values
What is functional prerequisite
Needed for society to survive
What does functionalist parsons argue
Schools are meritocratic
Education is a key competent of the social body but passing on culture and values, socialisation , and meritocracy
Becky Francis argues the success of girls is due to
Them having feminine inentities like being quiet and mature , facing discrimination in employment motivates them to work harder to achieve in exams
Female fail to achieve full potential because ‘feminine subjects are less valued
Marxists Bowles and gintis argue
That schools mirror the work place to produce disciplined and hard working workers, benefiting the wealthy and reinforcing inequality, correspondence theory ,
What was Willis theory
Two types of students , lads and ear oles who rejected and embraced education, lads see through the system and realise they can’t be socially mobile , working class who are often racist and sexist , they belive there was no equal oppurtunity and they wouldn’t be as successful as the middle class
Tony Sewell said peer pressure is
Very influential for African Caribbean males , follow after male role models
Steve Strand found that
Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani parents have higher educational aspirations for their children
Who argued the double standards between boys and girls sexual behaviour
Sue lees
Who’s study proved the attitudes of girls aspirations changing
Sue sharpes, who looked at girls in 70s and 90s and what they wanted to do (marriage , kids , to careers )
Pat Carlen study
Women with lack of relationship commit crime
