Sociology Education: The Role Of Education And Policys Flashcards
Education: functions of education
Functionalism- maintains …
Durkheim
-social solidarity and skills
-helps create solidarity by transmitting society’s values and beliefs e.g history
-school acts like a mini society
-teaches specialist skills to play their part in the division of Labour
Education: functions of education
Functionalism- meritocracy
Parsons
-meritocracy
-school acts as a bridge between society and family
-school preparing us to move from family to wider society which are both meritocratic
Education: functions of education
Functionalist critique
-ample evidence that equal opportunity in education doesn’t exist
-e.g achievement is greatly influenced by class rather then ability
Education: functions of education
The New Right
Chubb and Moe
-private schools produce higher quality due to pay
-this would give parents the power and shape schools to meet their needs to become efficient
-this has proven to work in the private sector and should be in the state sector
Education: functions of education
The New Right Critique
Ball
-Argues that competition between schools benefits the MC who use cultural and economics capital to get better schools
Education: functions of education
Marxist -State apparatus
Althusser
-Repressive state apparatuses-
Maintain rule through force
-Ideological state apparatuses-
Maintain rule by controlling beliefs and values
-legitimates and reproduces class inequality
Education: functions of education
Marxist-hidden curriculum
Bowles and Gintis
-school teaches lessons that aren’t taught directly
E.g bells to call lunch in school and factory’s
-education mirrors workplace
-school prepares WC pupils for their role as an exploited worker
Education: functions of education
Marxist myth of metiocracy
-capitalism is based on inequality
-education gives false hope of meritocracy
-evidence shows it’s based on family and class
-it help persuade the WC to accept inequality as legitmate
Education: functions of education
Marxist ‘the lads’
Willis
-counter culture of the lads
-opposed school values
-manual male workers has same values
-lead to low skill jobs that serve capitalism
Education: functions of education
Marxist critique bowels and gintis
Postmodernists disagree with Bowels and Gintis as they described a different Labour force to today and they belive it now produces diversity
Education: policy and inequality
Pre British 1988
-11+ exam decided school
-Grammar or secondary modern
-this created huge inequality
Education: policy and inequality
Marketisation
-includes reducing state control over education and increasing competition between schools
(Favoured by new right and neoliberals)
Education: policy and inequality
Parentocracy polices
-specialist schools
-schools competing for students
-introduction of tuition fees for higher education
Education: policy and inequality
Reproduction of inequality
Ball
-notes that marketisation policy’s like exam league tables reproduce class inequality by creating unequal schools
Education: policy and inequality
Cream skimming
Bartlett
cream skimming- Good schools can be more selective e.g chose high achievers and MC
silt-shifting- Good schools can avoid less able pupils who are likely to get worse results
