Role Of Education

Question 1

What is Durkheim’s perspective of education?

Answer 1

-social solidarity : part of a single ‘body’, school acts as a ‘miniature society’
- specialist skills : give knowledge kids need for society and work
(functionalist perspective)

Question 2

What’s does parsons believe is the role of education?

Answer 2

Meritocracy
(Functionalist perspective)
School is the ‘focal socialising agency’

Question 3

What does Davis and Moore believe the role of education is?

Answer 3

Role allocation
Inequality is important to ensure that every role in society is filled
(Functionalist)

Question 4

What’s does Chubb and Moe say?

Answer 4

Consumer choice:
Education fails to - 
Create equal opportunities 
Provide pupils with skills for economy 
Private schools = higher quality because parents paying

Question 5

What does Althusser say?

Answer 5

Ideological state apparatus-
serve to keep The bourgeoise in power
- education reproduces and legitimates class inequality

Question 6

What does Bowles and Ginits say?

Answer 6

The correspondence principle

And hidden curriculum

Question 7

What does Willis say?

Answer 7

The lads’ counter-culture:
Lads form a distinct counter-culture opposed to the school (smoking, drinking, disrupting classes).
This mirrored in work - finding ways to cope with boring work/school

Question 8

Criticism for Marxist approach: Morris and Carlos

Answer 8

Marxist believe a ‘class first’ approach = sees class as inequality and ignores other kinds

Question 9

The new right perspective

Answer 9

Agrees with marketisation = ‘education market’ = greater diversity and empowers consumers.
Believe some people are naturally more talented
Education takes a ‘ONE SIZE FITS ALL’