Perspectives Flashcards
What do Functionalists believe about the role and purpose of education ?
Education benefits society as a whole as it helps to achieve social solidarity.
What do The New Right believe about the role and purpose of education ?
Education should train pupils for the workforce that businesses require. Pupils will only achieve high grades if schools teach like a business as there is no incentive behind the learning where as at a business there is competition.
What do Feminists believe about the role and purpose of education ?
Education provides more opportunities for boys meaning that boys will be more employable which legitimises inequality because it helps oppress women by patriarchy and their physical dominance.
What do Marxists believe about the role and purpose of education ?
Education prepares people for their roles in society and in the work place by rewarding obedience and conformity. they believe that education transmits the ruling class ideology which legitimises inequality and disguises exploitation.
Which Functionalist said that education has two main functions; social solidarity (transmitting societies norms and values) and teaching specialist skills ?
Durkheim
Which Functionalist said that education has three main functions; it’s a bridge between the family and wider society and to help socialise young people also role allocation ?
Parsons
Davis and Moore (Functionalists) said that educations main role is what ?
Role allocation- by setting students by ability it helps train them for appropriate future roles.
How can you criticise Durkheim ?
Marxists- transmission of a dominant culture that serves interest of the ruling class not the whole of society. Education reinforces the 'ideological state apparatus'.
How can you criticise Parsons ?
He assumes schools are meritocratic- existence of private schooling and social class inequality challenges this view.
How can you criticise Davis and Moore ?
Intelligence and ability have limited influence on educational achievement. Research suggests it’s also tied to social class, gender and ethnicity- e.g. Bourdieu assumes middle class possess more cultural capital and therefore will be able to gain more qualifications than the working class.
Who is Althusser and what did he speak about ?
Marxist- ‘‘ideological state apparatus’’
Who is Bourdieu and what did he speak about ?
Marxists- ‘‘cultural capital ‘’ - non-financial social assets that promote social mobility beyond economic means.
Who are Bowles and Gintis and what did they talk about?
Marxists’ ‘‘correspondence theory’’- idea that aspects from the hidden curriculum correspond with aspects of the work force
Who is Willis and what he talk about ?
Marxist- ‘‘Learning to labour’’- working class lad’s see through the bullshit of meritocracy and create a counter school subculture that challenges the dominant values of the school.
