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Tripartite system?

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Academic pupils- grammar schools
Technical pupils- technical schools
Practical pupils|-secondary modern.

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What is GIST?

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  • Bringing girls into science and technology
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Social solidarity?

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Emphasises the interdependence between individuals in society

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Meritocracy?

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A social system based on the individuals ability not wealth/class.

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Norms?

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Behaviour that is considered as normal (If someone sneezes near you, say “bless you.’)

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Values?

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Things that people consider important to them. (Honesty, loyalty)

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4 key internal factors for boys underachievement?

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  • Laddish subcultures
  • Behaviour problems
  • Lower expectations of boys
  • Over confident
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How did Laddish subcultures result in underachievement for boys?

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  • Boys gain ‘street cred’ by not working at school.
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How have behavioural problems resulted in underachievement for boys?

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  • Boys more disruptive leading to loosing classroom time
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How does gender vary subject choice at A level?

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  • Boys more likely to pick computing

- Girls more likely to pick sociology

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Stereotypically what did women work involve?

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Women/s jobs involve work similar to performed by housewives such as childcare/nursing.

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5 factors reinforce gender identity?

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  • Verbal abuse
  • Male peer groups
  • Teachers/discipline
  • Male Gaze
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Key thinkers functionalism

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  • Emile Durkheim

- Talcott Parsons

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Functionalist national curriculum?

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  • legal requirements that must be done, eg. English, maths, science.
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Functionalist hidden curriculum?

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  • skills learnt from hidden curriculum will prepare them for adult life, skills such as patience.
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who believes in role allocation?

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Functionalist (Parsons)

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Role allocation meaning ?

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Students sifted and sorted into their talents and allocated a particular role in society.

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what is an example of role allocation?

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  • An academic student being pushed to do jobs such as being a doctor, lawyer, nurse etc.
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Meritocracy meaning?

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  • Everyone has an equal opportunity to achieve

- Rewards are based on ability and effort, and that those who gain the highest rewards deserve due to hard work.

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Who believes that education provides unity, togetherness and has a positive impact on society?

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  • Functionalist
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Who believes that school prepares young people for the real world, and school is a microcism of the world?

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  • Functionalist
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Bowles and Gintis criticism of functionalist perspective?

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  • Bowles and Gintis say that there is a link with unfairness in schools and work because of hierarchy of teachers.
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Why do upper class get the best education?

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  • Because their high positioned in society they can afford private schools.
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What is a capitalist?

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  • An economic system in which the means of production and goods are privately owned for a profit
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Marxist criticisms on functionalist perspective?

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Marxists would argue that this view ignores the inequalities in power in society.
The values passed on by the school are of those of the dominant and ruling class.

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Feminist criticism on functionalist perspective?

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Argues that the school passes on patriarchal values and disadvantages women and girls.

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marketisation?

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A trend in education policy from the 1980s where schools were encouraged to compete against each other and act more like private businesses rather than institutions under the control of local government.

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cultural capital?

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The knowledge, behaviour, language, attitudes, lifestyle which gives MC and UC students a built advantage.

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Idealogical state of apparatus?

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Agencies which serve to spread and justify the power of the dominant social class.

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Similarities between functionalist and marxist view on education?

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Both see schools playing a role in legitimising social inequality.
Both see education having a powerful influence on students, ensuring they conform to social norms and values.

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Halo effect?

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Pupils becoming stereotyped either favourably or unfavourably on the basis of earlier impressions.

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A self fulfilling prophecy?

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People act in response to predictions which have been made regarding their behaviour, which makes the predication come true.

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how do WC subcultures affect education?

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Children are socialised to learn a general set of values and attitudes that don’t encourage ambition and educational success.
Leaving school early and getting money is seen as more important to them.

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