Sociologists Education

Question 1

Karl Marx

Answer 1

Capitalists oppress working class and there needs a revolution

Question 2

Emile Durkheim

Answer 2

Functionalist-society is made of institutions each word its own function. Creates stable society

Question 3

Max Weber

Answer 3

Sociologists should study structures and actions to understand society

Question 4

Parsons

Answer 4

School is bridge between family and adult roles. Passes on universal value of achievement. Education selects roles. Meritocratic

Question 5

Davis and Moore

Answer 5

Sorts society into different positions. Principles of stratification. System of unequal reward motivates people

Question 6

Bowles and Gintis

Answer 6

Hidden curriculum prepares for work

Question 7

Willis

Answer 7

Education doesn’t turn out obedient workforce. Anti-school subculture cope with school and work by mucking about.

Question 8

Willis study

Answer 8

Group of boys who formed anti school subculture. Disrupted lessons to gain respect. Schools pointless as they want manual work

Question 9

Lacey

Answer 9

Subcultures are a result from streaming. Grammar school everyone was bright but bottom set still had subculture

Question 10

Fuller

Answer 10

Black girls in year 11 felt teachers were racist so didn’t work for teachers approval but created a positive subculture as succeeded

Question 11

Douglas

Answer 11

Children in unsatisfactory conditions didn’t do as well in tests compared to kids in comfortable conditions

Question 12

Sugarman

Answer 12

Working class live for immediate gratification and collectivism

Question 13

Hyman

Answer 13

Values of working class have self-imposed barrier to improve position so have low value to education

Question 14

Bernstein

Answer 14

Working class weren’t comfortable with language used. Restricted and elaborate code

Question 15

Mitsos and Browne

Answer 15

Teachings become feminised

Question 16

Jackson

Answer 16

Schools label boys negatively as bad behaviour lowers league table

Question 17

Sue Sharpe

Answer 17

Girls priorities have changed. They want a career.

Question 18

Mac an Ghaill

Answer 18

Science is seen as masculine. Boys dominate classrooms.

Question 19

Heidi Mirza

Answer 19

Studied black ambitious girls.

The strategies the girls used to deal with racist teachers

Question 20

Colour blind

Answer 20

Believed all pupils were equal but allowed go unchallenged

Question 21

Liberal chauvinists

Answer 21

Black pupils were culturally deprived had low expectations of them.

Question 22

The overt racists

Answer 22

Actively discriminated against black students

Question 23

Sewell

Answer 23

The rebels-minority of black pupils often excluded and conform to anti school black macho lad
The conformist-largest groups keen to succeed and had friends from other ethnic groups
The retreatists-minority of isolated individuals who were disconnected from school and black culture
The innovator-second largest group pro education but anti school valued succeeded but didn’t seek approval of teacher