sociologists for education Flashcards
bernstein and young
Found that middle class mothers were more likely to buy educational toys, books and activities.
durkheim (functionalist)
The two main functions of education are SOCIAL SOLIDARITY and SPECIALIST SKILLS.
parsons (functionalists)
School is a FOCAL SOCIALISING AGENCY, a BRIDGE between family life and work life. The school is MERITOCRATIC. Children in the family are judged by PARTICULARISTIC VALUES but children in education are judged by UNIVERSALISTIC VALUES.
davis and moore (functionalist)
Education is a device for ROLE ALLOCATION. Inequality is necessary to ensure the most important roles are for the most talented.
Tumin (Criticism of David and Moore)
CIRCULAR ARGUMENT: how do we know a job is important? Because it is highly rewarded. Why is it highly rewarded? Because it is important!
Functionalist View
VALUE CONSENSUS: everyone is society shares the same values, ideas and attitudes.
Marxist Criticism of Functionalist View
Education is in the capitalist society that only transmits the ideas of the minority: the ruling class (bourgeoise/cultural capital)
Wrong (Interpretivist Criticism of Functionalist)
Functionalists have an ‘OVER-SOCIALISED’ view of people as puppets in society. They imply that all students are passive and never reject school values.
Chubb and Moe (Neoliberals/The New Right Criticism of Functionalist)
Argues that the STATE education system fails to prepare children adequately for work. Argue that private schools deliver higher quality education as they are answerable to paying consumers (the parents)
Althusser (Marxist Perspective)
The REPRESSIVE STATE APPARATUS maintain the rule of the bourgeoisie by force, including the police, army and courts to repress the working class. The IDEOLOGICAL STATE APPARATUS maintain the rule of the bourgeoisie by controlling people’s beliefs, values and ideas, including the media, religion and the EDUCATION SYSTEM. Education as an ISA REPRODUCES and LEGITIMATES class inequality.
