Education intro Flashcards
What is nature
Nature refers to innate qualities like human nature or genetics
What is nurture
Nurture refers to care given to children by parents or, more broadly, to environmental influences such as media and marketing.
What are values
Set of beliefs governing what a social group holds worthwhile and important
What is a norm
A set of guidelines which define appropriate and inappropriate behaviour
What are the types of norms
Formal and informal norms
What is a formal norm
Behaviours which are controlled and regulated by laws or rules
What is an informal norm
Behaviours which are socially expected but not controlled by law
What is socialisation
the process of learning to behave in a way that is acceptable to society.
Define primary
Early years of life, within the family, language, basic skills and norms
Define secondary
Later in life like school and in wider society
Define ascribed
You are assigned on the basis of biological or family characteristics
Define achieved
What you earn through performance, qualification or attainment
How do societies with better education run smoother
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
Inequalities in working class
Education reproduces class inequality so they have worked for capitalism
Define capitalism
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
Ethnic inequalities
Some ethnic minorities like African - Caribbean came from more poorer backgrounds
Ethnocentric curriculum
Teacher labelling
Gender inequalities
Teacher labelling
Subject choices
Myth of meritocracy
Not everyone has an equal chance to succeed. Success is based on hard work and ability
Peer inequality
Competition Exam results More students -> more money Sports Class sizes (private school) Location Student support
Define social solidarity
Sense of community from a shared culture, norms and values
Examples of social solidarity
Taught shared history + skills
Not everyone’s ablies by norms + values and schools may not teach shared skills well
Examples of meritocracy
everyone has an equal chance of success
students are taught that they are responsible for their own success
Not everyone has the same opportunities
Role allocation
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
