Education

Question 1

Tripartite system?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What is GIST?

Answer 2

• Bringing girls into science and technology

Question 3

Social solidarity?

Answer 3

Emphasises the interdependence between individuals in society

Question 4

Meritocracy?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Norms?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Values?

Answer 6

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

Question 7

4 key internal factors for boys underachievement?

Answer 7

• Laddish subcultures
• Behaviour problems
• Lower expectations of boys
• Over confident

Question 8

How did Laddish subcultures result in underachievement for boys?

Answer 8

• Boys gain ‘street cred’ by not working at school.

Question 9

How have behavioural problems resulted in underachievement for boys?

Answer 9

• Boys more disruptive leading to loosing classroom time

Question 10

How does gender vary subject choice at A level?

Answer 10

• Boys more likely to pick computing

- Girls more likely to pick sociology

Question 11

Stereotypically what did women work involve?

Answer 11

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

Question 12

5 factors reinforce gender identity?

Answer 12

• Verbal abuse
• Male peer groups
• Teachers/discipline
• Male Gaze

Question 13

Key thinkers functionalism

Answer 13

• Emile Durkheim

- Talcott Parsons

Question 14

Functionalist national curriculum?

Answer 14

• legal requirements that must be done, eg. English, maths, science.

Question 15

Functionalist hidden curriculum?

Answer 15

• skills learnt from hidden curriculum will prepare them for adult life, skills such as patience.

Question 16

who believes in role allocation?

Answer 16

Functionalist (Parsons)

Question 17

Role allocation meaning ?

Answer 17

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

Question 18

what is an example of role allocation?

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Meritocracy meaning?

Answer 19

• 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.

Question 20

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

Answer 20

• Functionalist

Question 21

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

Answer 21

• Functionalist

Question 22

Bowles and Gintis criticism of functionalist perspective?

Answer 22

• Bowles and Gintis say that there is a link with unfairness in schools and work because of hierarchy of teachers.

Question 23

Why do upper class get the best education?

Answer 23

• Because their high positioned in society they can afford private schools.

Question 24

What is a capitalist?

Answer 24

• An economic system in which the means of production and goods are privately owned for a profit

Question 25

Marxist criticisms on functionalist perspective?

Answer 25

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.

Question 26

Feminist criticism on functionalist perspective?

Answer 26

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

Question 27

marketisation?

Answer 27

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.

Question 28

cultural capital?

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Idealogical state of apparatus?

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Similarities between functionalist and marxist view on education?

Answer 30

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.

Question 31

Halo effect?

Answer 31

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

Question 32

A self fulfilling prophecy?

Answer 32

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

Question 33

how do WC subcultures affect education?

Answer 33

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.