Eval class

Question 1

Wragg

Answer 1

education system as ‘victorian railway carriage’ route is predetermined based on your social class:
1st class = Eton, Oxford, Cambridge
2nd class = outstanding schools into Russell group uni
3rd class = poor performance school, further education college + polytechnic uni
Education system form of social closure, excludes people from poorer backgrounds - 1% from these backgrounds granted scholarships

Question 2

Gerwitz

Answer 2

Privileged skilled choosers = M/C lots of economic capital, understand importance of education more options available
Semi - skilled choosers= ambitious w/c but less cultural capital, rely on others opinions of schools
Disconnected choosers = w/c restricted by lack of all forms of capital, lacked understanding of admission procedures, looked at safety facilities over league tables
Increased choice is only available for richest in society

Question 3

Bourdieu

Answer 3

raise standards but only for privileged students. Education designed to incorporate m/c values meaning students with high cultural capital more likely to succeed in education
m/c parents transmit social + cultural capital e.g. revision - raising standards don’t matter because w/c lack cultural capital to take advantage of new policies

Question 4

Davis and Moore

Answer 4

role allocation sifts people into right roles based on their skills.argue most skilled = more functional important jobs, less skilled = receive education to prepare for least functional (still important) jobs
Policies aim to raise standards of education by prioritising academic subjects + skills, neglect vocational skills as a result students don’t utilise less skills for participation of less important roles of society