Sociologists Flashcards
Who said the ‘education triage’?
Gilbourn and Youdell
What did Rosenthal and Jacobson say?
When teachers had positive exceptions of pupils, the pupils did better.
What did Hubbs Tait Et El say?
Use of challenging vocabulary increases cognitive performance
Who said ‘educated parents are more likely to use challenging vocabulary’?
Feinstein
Bernstein concluded there are…
Restricted and elaborated codes
Douglas says…
w/c parents:
Care less
Visit school less
Less ambitious for their kids
Who talks about:
- Fatalism
- Collectivism
- Immediate gratification
- Present orientation
Sugarman
Becker says the m/c student is…
Closest to ideal student
Who found that:
In a w/c school, ideal student is quiet and obedient, focusing on behaviour.
While at a m/c school the perfect student is based more on personality and academic performance.
Hempel and Jorgensen
Rits found that…
A teacher split the class into three groups:
- tiger (m/c)
- clown (w/c)
- cardinals (w/c)
m/c sat closest, w/c sat further away and received less help
Bourdieu split cultural capital into what three categories?
Educational Capital
Economic Capital
Culture Capital
Who says cultural deprivation is a myth?
COUNTER
Nell Keddie
Who says the w/c have poor diets which leads to more absences?
Howard
Who says that w/c parents visit school less as they are working
(COUNTER-ARGUMENT FOR DOUGLAS)
Blackstone and Moritmore
What did Ball find?
When schools removed banding it stopped polarisation and anti-school subculture declined but differentiation continued.
Troyna and Williams (1986) argue that…
It is not pupils language that limits them but the schools attitudes towards it.
Who talked about ‘nike identities’?
Louise Archer
Who says an anti-school subculture can lead to self fulfilling prophecy?
Hargreaves
Sue Lees (1993) says…
Boys boast about sexual exploits but if girls do the same they are deemed “slags”.
Who says the ‘male gaze’?
Mac and Ghaill
A way to prove masculinity
Who says things such as ‘transport, uniform, books, computers, calculators etc place a heavy burden on poor families?
Tanner Et El (2003)
What do Hempel and Jorgenson conclude?
In the w/c school perfect student is quiet and obedient.
In the m/c school the perfect student is based on personality and academic achievement.
Who examined ‘the way masculinity is constructed in schools and found w/c boys are likely to be harassed, labelled as sissies and subjected to homophobic abuse if seen as swots’
Debbie Epstein (1998)
Who says ‘asian adult authorities are like the model that operates in schools, this has a knock on effect at schools as parents are supportive of school behaviour policies’?
Lupton (2004)
Bernstein and Young say
M/C parents are more likely to buy educational toys
Who suggests that financial issues cause absences from school?
Flaherty
Who says the cost of free schooling?
Ball
When was the EMA abolished?
2011
What did Callender and Jackson find?
W/C more debt averse so less likely to go uni
What does Reay say?
W/C go to local uni’s to cut the costs through accommodation
Moynihan (1965) says what about black families underachievement?
Black families are usually single mothers, meaning kids are given inadequate care as mother struggles financially.
Fathers absence also means boys lack adequate role models of male achievement.
What does Sewell say about black families?
Lack of father means lack of tough love, making it hard for boys to overcome emotional issues of growing up.
They turn to gangs as it gives them a perverse love and loyalty.
Blacks also peer pressure each other into joining gangs and an anti school subculture
Who criticises Sewells theory of black underachievement?
Gillborn -
Not peer pressure that causes underachievement but institutional racism
Who says that ‘street culture in white w/c areas means young people must learn to intimidate and not be scared and school allows these power games to be played out again, causing disruption etc’
Evans (2006)
What does Driver (1977) say?
Criticises cultural deprivation theory for ignoring positive effects of ethnic minorities. e.g. Single mothers show strong female role model.
Who are the functionalist sociologists for roles of education?
Durkheim
Parsons
Davis and Moore
What does Durkheim say?
2 roles
- Social Solidarity
- Specialist Skills
What does Davis and Moore say?
Role allocation
What does parsons say the role of education is?
Meritocracy
What did Dewar say?
Male students called girls lesbians or butch for showing interest in sport.
Ball and Whitty say what about education policies?
Marketisation causes inequalites
Althusser
Ideological state apparatus is the role of education
Chubb and moe
No role as it’s failed to give kids the skills needed
Ford
Criticism for comprehensive
There was little social integration due to streaming
