Education Theories

Question 1

Durkheim

Answer 1

schools are society in miniature

Question 2

parsons

Answer 2

schools are the bridge from particularistic values of home to the universalistic values of society

Question 3

davis and moore

Answer 3

education sifts and sorts people into the right jobs

Question 4

althussers

Answer 4

education is an ideological state apparatus

Question 5

bowels and gintis

Answer 5

correspondence theory- jug and mug and hidden curriculum

Question 6

willis

Answer 6

wc create anti school subcultures which becomes the shop floor subculture at work

Question 7

ribowski

Answer 7

education is being taken over by large companies= privatisation shows that schools work for the bourgeoisie

Question 8

bourdieu

Answer 8

MC students have the right capital to succeed in education WC dont

Question 9

halsey et al

Answer 9

some students are disadvantaged when they start school as they lack the culture to succeed

Question 10

chubb and moe

Answer 10

education should operate like a market system so open to consumer choice

Question 11

ball

Answer 11

privatisation of schools has led to the cola-isation of education so businesses sell their vision to school

Question 12

levin and bellfield

Answer 12

no statistical evidence that increased parental choice increases education standard

Question 13

ranson

Answer 13

marketisation only benefits good schools as when they are over-subscribed, they pick students

Question 14

Ilich

Answer 14

schools are repressive institutions that stifle individuality and creativity