Role Of Education Flashcards
Durkheim- secondary socialisation
Formal educational institutions are increasingly necessary to transmit the knowledge and skills. Education provides a bridge between the particularistic family and wider society thereby contributing to secondary socialisation of the children
Parsons- advocate for meritocracy n the hidden curriculum
Education teaches students the meritocracy of life. This means everyone starts with equal opportunities and our success is based on our merit. The socialisation of the young via the hidden curriculum is important to ensure core values of society.
Davis and Moore - sifts and sorts
Sifts and sorts children according to their ability such as those who do best academically get the best jobs
Bowles and gintis - myth of meritocracy, hidden curriculum, correspondence principle
Correspondence principle, argued schools n workplace work together to socialise working class pupils to accept authority
Myth of merit, meritocracy does not exist as the myth helps persuade the wc to accept inequality as legitimate
Hidden curriculum, schools don’t just teach facts they teach away to behave, this is all about control
Willis- lads study
Studied 12 working class boys n their attitudes to education, they had a counter culture against school as they was aware of inequalities and them being exploited, therefore they found school pointless which led to them truanting, having a rude humour etc
New right, marketisation.
Want an education market as schools run like businesses mean competing for pupils and parents, use of league tables to promote comp - parentocracy
Schools should teach the same thing, national curriculum
Chubb and moe
American state education has failed as disadvantages lower classes as it hasn’t given them an equal opportunity, school doesn’t teach students the skills needed for the economy private schools do better as they are answerable to paying parents
Feminism, encourages patriarchy
The hidden curriculum
Has indoctrinated personality traits which restricts career opportunities, discourages them from choosing male dominated subjects such as maths science and engineering
Oftentimes steered towards traditional female occupations such as office or shop work
Postmodernists, stand against standardised education
There is not one truth, therefore they believe it is appropriate to have multiple forms of education
They support home education, summerhill, adult education, education outside of formal education
Post modernist call for a different type of education system that encourages self motivation, self supervision and creativity. It should also provide life long training so people can adapt to changes in their work environment,
Education reproduces diversity not inequality
Types of schools
Grammar
Sixth form
Academies
Private
State
Voluntary
