functionalist views of education Flashcards
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what is secondary socialisation?
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- learning norms and values of wider society and help people adjust to what is expected of them
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what is social solidarity?
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- sharing and agreeing on the same goals and values
- schools build social solidarity through common rooms, PD sessions, green week assembly
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what is focal socialising agency?
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- particularistic values (how treated at home and with their family) and universal values (how they’re treated in wider society)
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what are specialist skills?
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- school teaches you specialist skills to take into jobs e.g. literacy, social skills, emotional intelligence, problem solving - enable you to add something to society when leave school, they equip you
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what is role allocation?
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- ‘sift and sort’ students into their future jobs and potential due to their talent and abilities through assessments
- useful for society as people are doing the things they are good at so most likely to use their skills to succeed and fuel economy
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what is meritocracy?
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- your success is entirely down to how hard you work and the ability you give
- you will succeed and get what you deserve if you are successful in the job
- effort will be rewarded
- society doesn’t reward occupations equally and fairly
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what is the hidden or informal curriculum?
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- how pupils or teachers behave, etiquette of school
- how you integrate but it is not spelt out, no one tells you how to behave you just know
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why are feminists critical of the functionalist claim that schools teach norms and values that benefit everyone?
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- they argue schools pass on patriarchal values, which disadvantages girls and women
- radical feminists claim that girls face the male gaze - male teachers and boys ‘look girls up and down’ making judgements about appearance
- girls feel pressured to conform to gender stereotypes e.g. look pretty and be quiet, keeping them subordinate
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why does Marxist, Bourdieu disagree with the functionalist view that schools teach the culture of society as a whole?
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- he argue schools are middle class institutions, teaching middle class culture
- working class children are not integrated because their culture is devalued and ignored by the education system
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why are Marxists critical of role allocation?
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- argue there is no equality of opportunity in education - everyone does not start at the same point, and not everyone has the same chance of success in education, even when they have the same ability
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