Education Flashcards
The first forms of education, in which we learn unconsciously, usually in a relaxed environment
Informal education
What is formal education?
The process of teaching and learning in an organised setting
The overt curriculum, in which skills and knowledge are gained through specialised institutions.
Formal curriculum. Consisting of official national curriculums, timetables, extracurricular activities
The curriculum through which norms and values are transmitted and learned unconsciously through the organisation of the school and the structure of relationships
Hidden curriculum
The promotion of equal treatment by giving people similar rights and privileges. (Opposite of elitism)
Egalitarianism
Who are the Functionalists who contributed to their theory of education?
- Talcott Parsons
- Emile Durkheim
- Kinglsey Davis
- Wilbert Moore
“Differential rewards for differential achievement” [Parsons]
The practice of basing rewards on achievement. This serves the purpose of encouraging students to achieve, as individuals are given equal opportunities to excel.
True or false: role allocation is based on educational performance [Functionalism]
True
Who are the Marxist theorists in relation to Education?
- Louis Althusser
- Pierre Bourdieu
- Samuel Bowles & Herbert Gintis
The transmitting of ideas that results support the ruling ideology of the working class maintaining its subordinate position [Louis Althusser]
Ideological state apparatus
Similarities between the school and the workplace [Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis]
correspondence principle
Marxists ___ and ___ believe that “equality of opportunity is an illusion and meritocracy is a myth.”
Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis. They believe that those who are privileged will always have greater opportunities than others.
The practice of granting special opportunities to groups that are usually treated unfairly
Positive discrimination. For example, women and ethnic minorities
