Education intro

Question 1

What is nature

Answer 1

Nature refers to innate qualities like human nature or genetics

Question 2

What is nurture

Answer 2

Nurture refers to care given to children by parents or, more broadly, to environmental influences such as media and marketing.

Question 3

What are values

Answer 3

Set of beliefs governing what a social group holds worthwhile and important

Question 4

What is a norm

Answer 4

A set of guidelines which define appropriate and inappropriate behaviour

Question 5

What are the types of norms

Answer 5

Formal and informal norms

Question 6

What is a formal norm

Answer 6

Behaviours which are controlled and regulated by laws or rules

Question 7

What is an informal norm

Answer 7

Behaviours which are socially expected but not controlled by law

Question 8

What is socialisation

Answer 8

the process of learning to behave in a way that is acceptable to society.

Question 9

Define primary

Answer 9

Early years of life, within the family, language, basic skills and norms

Question 10

Define secondary

Answer 10

Later in life like school and in wider society

Question 11

Define ascribed

Answer 11

You are assigned on the basis of biological or family characteristics

Question 12

Define achieved

Answer 12

What you earn through performance, qualification or attainment

Question 13

How do societies with better education run smoother

Answer 13

People are educated the norms and values
They also get jobs which makes the economy run smoother
Frees the family up to focus on more specialised functions as their children are at school

Question 14

Inequalities in working class

Answer 14

Education reproduces class inequality so they have worked for capitalism

Question 15

Define capitalism

Answer 15

An economic system based on market competition and the pursuit of profit, in which the means of production or capital are privately owned by individuals or corporations

Question 16

Ethnic inequalities

Answer 16

Some ethnic minorities like African - Caribbean came from more poorer backgrounds
Ethnocentric curriculum
Teacher labelling

Question 17

Gender inequalities

Answer 17

Teacher labelling

Subject choices

Question 18

Myth of meritocracy

Answer 18

Not everyone has an equal chance to succeed. Success is based on hard work and ability

Question 19

Peer inequality

Answer 19

Competition 
Exam results 
More students -> more money 
Sports 
Class sizes (private school)
Location
Student support

Question 20

Define social solidarity

Answer 20

Sense of community from a shared culture, norms and values

Question 21

Examples of social solidarity

Answer 21

Taught shared history + skills

Not everyone’s ablies by norms + values and schools may not teach shared skills well

Question 22

Examples of meritocracy

Answer 22

everyone has an equal chance of success
students are taught that they are responsible for their own success
Not everyone has the same opportunities

Question 23

Role allocation

Answer 23

Allocating peoples jobs based on their skills
Education decided who gets top grades and so who can do the top jobs
Unfair that school decides at a young age what your capable of