Politics of Education Flashcards
What does school make u do that u would not normally do?
Alter behaviour
A has power over B to the extent that he can B to do something that B would not otherwise do
What are 3 things bulying can do?
Compel behaviour - compel behaviour & influence after the decisions they make
Set the agenda - control what people think & make decisions
Impart desire - shape how people make decisions & what they want
Is school political by nature?
For a long time, process of schooling and research on that process were thought of as above or beyond politics
(bellamy salute)
What is included in the education act?
Compulsory attendance (until 18 years)
Habitually absent from school (unless 16+)
Parents (have to make kids under 16 attend)
Employment during school hours (can’t hire kids under 16 during school hours)
What is not included in the education act?
use of force
What does section 43 of the Canadian Criminal Code say about punishing students?
schoolteacher, parent guardian is justified in using force by way of
correction toward a pupil or child, as the case may be,
who is under his care, if the force does not exceed
what is reasonable under the circumstances
What was the major problem facing prisons, factories, hospitals and schools?
how to manage a lot of people in relatively limited spaces so that productivity was maximized and threats to the organizers’ control was minimized
What is panoptican of the structural power?
Panoptical effect - is to induce in the inmate a state of conscious and & permanent visibility that assures the automatic functioning of power
What is the perfect disciplinary apparatus under structural power?
perfect disciplinary apparatus would make it possible for a single gaze to see everything constantly
What is the surveillance regarding structural power?
Surveillance is hierarchical, enabling teachers constantly
to observe student activity and administrators to observe teachers
What are some examples of structural power?
- students separated from the outside world by a wall or fence
- students partitioned into manageable groups - maximize surveillance
-classroom situated to minimize communication between teachers and student
-allows the teacher to dictate the pace and order of student activity - Activity is meticulously mapped out …Time is meticulously broken down, no student is allowed to be idle
How is disicpline shown in schools?
classes have a set of rules
- attend class regularly, specific time
- not disrupt things in class
- school discipline will put discipline in the child
What is right answering?
Students often try to guess what the teacher wants
them to say, in a process
what are the implicit in right answering?
- The passive acceptance of ideas.
- Prioritizing recall as the main education activity.
- Acceptance of authority over independent judgment
- Belief in an absolute and unambiguous answers
what is agenda setting?
setting a specific curriculum for each grade level class
what is the Conflicting theory?
Conflict theory claims that schooling perpetuates inequality in society, favouring the dominant group. Its key success is in creating acceptance of exiting power structures
how does school produce inequality?
students from diverse backgrounds become homogenized to a:
Hidden curriculum, Dominant culture, and Elite goals
schls are socialization agencies that teach children how to serve others & prepare them for adult economic roles
what is the banking system?
teacher teaches, students are taught
teacher knows everything, student knows nothing
what is battleground?
what should be taught and be in the curriculum at each grade
what is content control?
lack of teaching about darker skin in medicine
- this in adequately train doctors to care for all patient groups
- disadvantages some students
What is the Coleman report (Equality of educational opportunity report)?
2 years
explored lack of availability of equal educational opportunities” for minority children
Expected to Wind that a lack of resources (quality teachers, textbooks, and adequate facilities etc.) deprived poor and minority
students of a quality education.
what did the Coleman report find?
Family backgrounds had a greater inWluence on student
achievement than did school resources
Achievement was strongly related to the educational
backgrounds and aspirations of other students in school
what did the coleman report find in white and black people?
- no significant effects of desegration exosure on mobility outcomes on white
- Desegregation produced an immediate jump in
mobility prospects for black students
what was the National Defence Education Act?
increased funding for education at all levels, including low-interest
student loans to college students, with the focus on scientific and
technical education.
what is the concept of subverstion?
establishment has been suspicious of teachers who can be seen as potential revolutionaries and in a position to influence the vulnerable young
