Role Of Education Short Mark Questions Flashcards
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What is meant by labelling pupils
Pupils are stereotyped on non-academic impression
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What is meant by hidden curriculum
The informal learning of particular values and attitudes in schools
2 marks What is meant by reproduction of class inequality
When the exploitation of classes is reproduced by education and the media
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What is meant by social solidarity
The feeling of belonging
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What is meant by universalistic standards
Judgements based on universally agreed principles
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What is meant by particularistic standards
Judgements based on the exclusive views of a particular group
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What is meant by correspondence principle
Various aspects of work which corresponds to features in the education system
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What is meant by capitalist relations of production
The way that the education system is organised so that it is hierarchal so that working class are at the bottom
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What is meant by cultural capital
cultural skills passed on by middle class parents to their children
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What is meant by meritocracy
People are rewarded on the basis of ability and talent
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What is meant by individualism
The belief that individuals are far more important than social groups
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What is meant by ideological control
Getting people to behave in a desired way by convincing them that it is in the best interests to behave in a certain way
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What is meant by self-fulfilling prophecy
A prediction that causes the outcome that it predicts
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Suggest criticisms of the functionalist view of the education
Myth of meritocracy
Not all students are passive and accept school values
Anti school subcultures
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Suggest ways that schools socialise pupils
Hidden curriculum
Learn norms of society
Not everyone’s talent is picked up on
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Suggest ways that schools prepare students for wider society
Learn to interact with others
Teach them to be passive
Getting them to accept social rules - value consensus
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Suggest ways that Marxists see school as being similar to the world of work
White head teachers lead the school
Working class are at the bottom of the hierarchy
capitilist relations of production
Correspondence theory
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Suggest ways that school prepare students for the workforce
Develop routines and independence
Teaches co-operation
Hidden curriculum - accept authority figures
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Suggest ways in which schools maintain social solidarity
Teach norms and values
Shared culture
Teaches people to be passive
