Key Sociologist - education Flashcards
Functionalists - Durkheim
School helps children become part of wider society by transmitting specialist skills and social solidarity
Functionalists - Parsons (1959)
sees school as a secondary socializing agency; acts as a bridge between family and wider society.
Functionalists - Davis and Moore
argue inequality is necessary to ensure that the most important roles of society are filled by the most talented people
New Right - Chubb and Moe
suggest instead of having guaranteed funding, parents should be given vouchers to spend on schools of their choice.
Marxism - Althusser (1971)
Education reproduces class inequality by transmitting ideas from generation to generation and failing the working class deliberately.
Marxism - Bowles and Gintis
education is to produce an obedient workforce that accepts inequality as inevitable.
Marxism - Willis (1977)
a group of working-class ‘lads’ who were disruptive, misbehaved and had a very negative attitude to education.
Ethnicity (external) - Palmer
Found that almost all ethnic minority students live in low income households and are almost twice as likely to be unemployed
Ethnicity (external) - Lupton
Asian families sees the education system as a ‘way up’ in society
Ethnicity (external) - Sewell (1997)
hyper-masculinity ascribed to black boys is one of the main factors explaining the educational underachievement of black boys.
Ethnicity (internal) - Gillborn and Youdell
argues that marketisation of schools gives schools more power to select pupils and this puts ethnic minorities at a disadvantage.
Ethnicity (internal) - Fuller (1984)
high achieving black girls channelled their anger into pursuit of educational success and did not seek teacher approval.
Ethnicity - Troyna and Williams (1986)
describe British schools as ethnocentric because they give priority to English culture.
Social class - Bernstein (1971)
linguistic codes (elaborated and restricted)
Social class - Hyman (1967)
working class children are fatalistic and so see no point in education
Social class - Troyna and Williams (1986)
argue that teachers have a speech hierarchy and label middle class speech as the highest
Material deprivation - Marilyn Howard (2001)
notes that young people from poorer homes have lower intakes of energy, vitamins and minerals.
Labeling - Becker (1971)
interviewed 60 school teachers and found out that the teachers, in their mind, created the ideal pupil.
Labeling - Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968)
gave false information to teachers labeling students as late bloomers. The teachers paid more attention to the kids and the kids achieved higher grades.
Feminist - Sharpe (1976)
Females prioritised Marriage, Children, but not careers. (1990) priorities had changed with careers being the top priority.
Feminist- Lobban (1974)
gender bias in books with women overwhelmingly in traditional domestic roles.
Gender - Sewell (2006)
schools are ignoring male traits like competition and leadership and replacing them with female traits like methodical working and attentiveness in class
Gender - Yougov (2007)
poll reveals 39% of 8-11 year old boys have no lessons with male teachers whatsoever
Gender - Skelton et al
the Feminisation of teaching does not have a negative impact on the educational performance of boys.
