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Education Flashcards

1
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Weiner

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Sexist stereotypes are removed from books and exam papers.

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Gorard

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Coursework favours girls.

Coursework was introduced with the Educational Reform Act of 1988.

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Mitsos and Brown (In school)

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Girls do better at coursework because - 
- They are organised.
- They take care.
- They spend longer on it.
Girls also underestimate themselves.
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4
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Sewell

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Feminised curriculum favours girls.

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Groddal

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Boys get negative teacher attention.

Boys talk more in lessons.

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Mitsos and Brown (Boys underachieve)

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Crisis in masculinity = decline in traditional male jobs.

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Barber

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Boys overestimate their ability.

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Epsten

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Laddish subcultures.

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MacanGhail

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Boys, who try are seen as feminine.

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10
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Browne

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“Roller-coaster of achievement.”

1990s = more opportunities (mainly for women).

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Sharpe

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1970s - 1990s = girl’s aspirations.

The aspirations changed because of feminism.

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12
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McRobbie

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Positive female role models in the media.

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Mitsos and Brown (Girls achieve more)

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More female career opportunities.

Service sector work = mainly girls = seen as more important than compared to the past.

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14
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Lobban

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Content analysis of children’s books.
Girls = studious and quiet.
Boys = loud and boisterous.

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15
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Webb

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More women work.

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Francis

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More women in professional jobs.

More positive role models and just more role models in general.

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Paetcher (1998)

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Girls, who choose the subject of sport are often stigmatised because it is seen to fall within the “Male Gender Domain.”
Peer pressure exudes a huge influence over subject choice.
= labelled as “Butch” or “lesbian”.

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18
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Youndell (2004)

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Educational triage = The rationing of educational opportunity.

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19
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Wood

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4 steps/types = subcultures.

1) Rebellion = Outright rejection for everything that school stands for.
2) Ingratiation = Being the teacher’s pet.
3) Ritualism = Going through the motions and staying out of trouble.
4) Retreatism = Daydreaming and mucking about.

20
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Bartlett (1993)

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Marketisation = How success at school can lead to cream skimming and silt sifting of students.

21
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Mirza

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She studied 2 comprehensive schools in London and found that black girls did better than black boys and white pupils.
She believes that educational achievement of black women is underestimated.
Challenges the labeling theory.
Was racist labeling of the girls but it didn’t affect the girl’s confidence.
The labeling had a positive affect and it boosted the girl’s confidence and aim for success.

22
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Rosenthal and Jacobson

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Random 25% of students picked - Teacher’s expectations changed.
Pygmalion effect in the classroom.

23
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Beck

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Teacher’s labels are ideal for the middle class students (labeling depends on the class the student’s are in).

24
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Hargreaves et al - (Hargreaves, Hester and Mellor) - (1975)

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Speculation / Elaboration and Stabilisation.

25
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Ball, Bowe and Gewirtz

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Competitive advantage and parental choice.

They studied parental choice and encouragement of competition.

26
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Chubb and Moe

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Supply and demand.

27
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Young and Willmott

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Bethnall Green family structure, questionable validity.

28
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Labov

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Tried structured interviews with 5 year olds.

29
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Dobash and Dobash

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Husband and wife, who researched domestic violence.
Built rapport and relationships with the people, who they were studying.
The trust between the people in the study brought more data.
Group interviews.

30
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Willis (1977)

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“Learning to Labour,” = The Lads.

Social desirabillity affect, they might lie.

31
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Lacey

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Two steps =

1) Differentiation.
2) Polarisation.

32
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Bowles and Gintis

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School mirrors the workplace.
Prepares a strict hierarchy.
Hidden curriculum.

33
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Parsons

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Bridge between Paticularistic and Universalistic values.

34
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Merton

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Manifest and Latent functions.

35
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Davis and Moore

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Role allocation.

36
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Althusser

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Ideological state apparatus.
Passes on the false class conscience.
37
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Durkheim

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Society in the miniature.

38
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J. W. Douglas

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The working class have a lack of resources and experience that enable success.

39
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Bernstein

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The Middle class have elaborated speech codes.

40
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Sugarman

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The Working class have a specific subculture.
They are fatalistic and they want instant gratification.
41
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Harker

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Poor quality housing has a negative affect on education.

42
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Howard

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Poor quality diet has a negative affect on education.

43
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Ridge

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The poor can’t afford cool things.

This can cause bullying and also lead to anti-school subcultures.

44
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Bourdieu

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Middle and Upper class people have higher culture capital, parent choice and better schools.

45
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Sullivan

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Reading fictional novels and watching serious TV dramas can equal educational success.

46
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Gewirtz

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Privileged choosers.

47
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Hey

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Studied Girl’s friendships.

Allowed them to take time out of their lessons to do the study.

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