sociology

Question 1

Socialisation and social solidarity: Durkheim

Answer 1

• meets a pre request of society by passing on the cultural and values of society.
• This is achieved through the hidden curriculum and PHSE lessons.
• This helps build social solidarity as it teaches students core values

Question 2

Bridge between family and wider society: Parsons

Answer 2

believes that schools provide a bridge between the family and the wider society which allows students to move to their ascribe status and the particularistic values at home to the meritocratic and universalistic values of wider society.

Question 3

Role allocation: Davis and Moore

Answer 3

provides a means of selecting and shifting people into social hierarchy in a meritocratic society access to jobs and power, wealth and status are directly linked to educational achievement.

Question 4

Developing human capital: Schutz

Answer 4

• suggests that the investment in education benefits wider society
• education provides a trained and qualified workforce
• education makes sure that the most skilled jobs go to the most qualified people

Question 5

criticism: feminists

Answer 5

hidden curriculum reinforces particracy

Question 6

criticisms: marxists

Answer 6

hidden curriculum reinforces social inequality and ruling class ideology

Question 7

criticisms: wong

Answer 7

functionalists view children as passive puppets of socialisation when the process is more complex

Question 8

New Right View

Answer 8

similar view to functionalists but believes that the state takes too much of a role and free market policies would raise standards. Schools should compete with one another and parents and pupils are seen as consumers

Question 9

New Right: Chubb and Moe

Answer 9

parentocracy

Question 10

New Right influence of policies

Answer 10

1988 Education Reform Act