Education - the process of socialisation

Question 1

At the point of beginning full time education what do children do more of?

Answer 1

Interact and socialise with a wider number and variety of individuals

Question 2

What do children have to adapt to in education? 3

Answer 2

A new set of rules,
regulations and
cultural expectations

Question 3

How long is compulsory schooling in the UK? 2

Answer 3

5-18 years old. 13 years of schooling

Question 4

What are pupils constantly reminded of during compulsory schooling? 2

Answer 4

Hierarchy

Importance of social order

Question 5

What different types of schools are there for students to attend? 7

Answer 5

State-funded
Private
Public
Religious
single-sex
grammar 
specialist status

Question 6

Why does the type of school you attend influence your experience of schooling?

Answer 6

Expectations, norms and values differ between schools

Question 7

What are the two processes of schooling which pupils are influenced by daily?

Answer 7

Formal and informal curriculum

Question 8

What is the formal curriculum?

Answer 8

The subjects taught in school, including lessons

Question 9

The content taught in lessons during compulsory schooling is decided by what?

Answer 9

The national curriculum

Question 10

What subjects does the national curriculum emphasise?

Answer 10

Science
English
Maths

Question 11

What do critics question about the national curriculum? 2

Answer 11

why foreign languages aren’t compulsory

History concentrates on British history

Question 12

What is Gillborn a critic of?

Answer 12

The national curriculum

Question 13

What does Gillborn suggest?

Answer 13

That the national curriculum is ethnocentric

Question 14

What does an ethnocentric curriculum suggest?

Answer 14

That it teaches British values an cultures over others.

Question 15

What is the informal curriculum?

Answer 15

everyday rules and regulations of school life

Question 16

What is an example of part of the informal curriculum

Answer 16

Punctuality

Question 17

How is the informal curriculum learnt 3

Answer 17

Communicating with other children
Observation
Imitation

Question 18

How can the informal curriculum differ?

Answer 18

According to what type of school you go to

Question 19

Example of the formal and informal curriculum overlapping

Answer 19

Formal: Schools uniform policy
Informal: How far pupils can deviate from the policy

Question 20

How does subject knowledge effect socialisation?

Answer 20

teachings on culture of their society

Question 21

Example of subject knowledge impact socialisation

Answer 21

If children were taught that all good scientists were male, this would impact how they viewed science and gender issues

Question 22

How do schools rules and policies effect socialisation? 3

Answer 22

Teachers act as role models
enforce positive and negative sanctions for behaviour
Set standards and expectations of behaviour

Question 23

What does education make pupils appreciate?

Answer 23

The importance of achieved status

Question 24

What did Durkheim argue?

Answer 24

Strict enforcement of rules and consequences highlights the damage that could be done to society through the lack of cooperation