Education and sociecty Flashcards
What was Durkheim’s view on education?
Believes that it promotes social solidarity to create strong social bonds through commonly identities. Also helps in the teaching of specialist skills.
What was Parson’s view on education?
Achieved through secondary socialisation for which schools helps to provide us for future life experiences. This is achieved through the hidden curriculum by sanctions and rewards.
What was Davis and Moore’s view on education?
Achieved through role allocation as schools were uniquely placed to prepare students for their future roles based on their abilities. This promotes meritocracy and is achieved through setting and streaming.
What was Bowels and Gintis’s view on the education?
Believes it helps indoctrinate students into the world of work through the hidden curriculum. This is done by the correspondence principle e.g. staying punctual, rewards/sanctions, hierarchies and power.
What was Althusser’s view on education?
Creates a false class consciousness created and held by the ISA and RSA. Education prepares us for life of exploitation and through hegemony to maintain workers upon this myth of meritocracy.
What was Willis’s view on education?
Studied a group of working class boys called “the lads”. He found that they were rebellious and saw through this illusion of meritocracy. They would smoke as a way to look “cool” in a way to attract girls and gain status.
What is Bourdieu’s view on education?
Education is constructed through a middle class habitus. Cultural capital influences their educational engagement achieved through language, dress sense and cultural knowledge.
