Sociologists

Question 1

durkheim (functionalist)

Answer 1

social solidarity

specialist skills

Question 2

parsons (functionalist)

Answer 2

meritocracy

secondary socialisation

Question 3

davis and moore (functionalist)

Answer 3

role allocation

Question 4

althusser (neo-marxist)

Answer 4

ideological state apparatus - maintain the rule of the bourgeoisie by controlling people’s ideas, values and beliefs

education system is a important ISA as it performs 2 functions:
 1) education reproduces class inequality by transmitting it from generation to generation.

2) education legitimises class inequality by producing ideologies

Question 5

Chubb and moe (new right)

Answer 5

schools should be run like a market/business - means consumers shape the school and schools increase competitors

education system takes a ‘one size fits all’ approach which imposes uniformity

private schools higher quality education

Question 6

bowles and gintis

Answer 6

myth of meritocracy
correspondence principle
hidden curriculum

Question 7

gerwitz and ball

Answer 7

competition between schools benefit the m/c, who can use their cultural and economic capital to gain access to more desirable schools.

myth of parentocracy- it makes it appear that all parents have the same freedom to which school to send their children to