Education

Question 1

Fucntionalism and education

Answer 1

schooling affects the rest of society as is transmits cultural values, prepares for roles

Question 2

Critical theory and education

Answer 2

schools promote an ethic of meritocracy through the hidden curiculum

Question 3

meritocracy

Answer 3

a system in which rewards are linked to effort, talent and credentials hence students are taught to hold themselves entirely responsible for success or failure

Question 4

Randal Collins studied

Answer 4

credential inflation

Question 5

what is credential inflation

Answer 5

expanding education system becomes self reinforcing because mor people with bachelor degrees mean that employers will demand this as a minimum

Question 6

Absolute poverty

Answer 6

lack of basic life sustaining resources

Question 7

relative poverty

Answer 7

cultural perceptions of poverty

Question 8

cultural poverty

Answer 8

Oscar Lewis’s term for lifestyle that is impulsive, hedonistic