names of theorists Flashcards
Durkheim and education
secondary socialisation - education provides secondary socialisation helping people to become functioning members of society
Parsons on education
meritocracy - education is meritocratic, and effort is rewarded
Davis and Moore education
education and role allocation - education acts like a sieve, through a system of unequal rewards (social stratification)
New right on education
marketisation of education - should be run like a business and let parents have choice. schools thrive through pressure of parentocracy
Chubb and Moe on education
New Right perspective - schools not equal and fails needs of disadvantaged- compared achievements of pupils from state schools and private schools and ‘parent survey’ - students in private did better, so only way to improve efficiency is to run schools like businesses.
Althusser on education
ideological state apparatus - bourgeoise maintain power by using repressive state and ideological state apparatus. prepare working class for life of exploitation.
Bowles and Gintis on education
hidden curriculum - correspondence between workplace and school prevents rebellion
Mcrobbie- impact of feminism
1970s magazines had traditional girl gender stereotypes
Sue sharpe ‘just like a girl’
interviews and questionnaires on how girls priorities are changing - ‘gender quake’
edward and david- gender socialisation
girls and boys socialised differently in homes, effects educational achievement
sewell feminisation of education
female role models (teachers)
Carol fuller- gendered subject choice
studied wc girls and their little ambition due to low expectation
Howard becker- labelling theory
effects students perfomance
Gillborn and Youdell- educational triage
categorises students into those who will achieve, hopeless cases and borderline classes
Colin Lacey- polarisation of education
forms pupil subcultures leading to underachievement
