sociology- mrs southall

Question 1

who said society in miniature?

Answer 1

durkhiem

Question 2

who said that the education system prepares children for the workforce?

Answer 2

shultz

Question 3

what is the critic about human capital?

Answer 3

weak link between economic success and educational achievement

Question 4

who came up with the bridge effect?

Answer 4

parsons

Question 5

what is the bridge effect?

Answer 5

education is the bridge between family and society

Question 6

who came up with the role allocation theory?

Answer 6

davis and moore

Question 7

what is role allocation?

Answer 7

allocating the right brains and skills to the right job role- sifting and sorting

Question 8

what are some criticisms about role allocation?

Answer 8

meritocracy is a myth
weak link between economic success and educational achievement
legitimises inequality

Question 9

what did althusser say about education?

Answer 9

it reproduces and legitimises class inequality by making it so the m/c pass and w/c fail
the hidden curriculum is shaped to support the m/c

Question 10

what are some criticisms about aluthsser?

Answer 10

chubb and moe = education system fails all class groups
marrow and torres (post-modernism) = education reproduces diversity rather than inequality

Question 11

how does cultural deprivation effect the w/c?

Answer 11

w/c parents fail to socialise their children adequately
three key areas: language, attitude to learning and the w/c subculture

Question 12

what did hubbs say about language?

Answer 12

parents use language that challenges their children to evaluate their own understanding

Question 13

what did fienstien say about language?

Answer 13

educated parents are more likely to use the challenging language
less educated parents are more likely to use their own language that requires simple descriptive sentences

Question 14

what did bereiter and englemann say about language?

Answer 14

lower class homes use of language is deficient they use gestures and single words and disjointed sentences

Question 15

what did berstein say about language?

Answer 15

lower class have restricted speech codes and higher classes have elaborated speech code

Question 16

how does poor housing effect pupils?

Answer 16

development can be impaired due to lack of space as well as their health and welfare

Question 17

what does howard say about diet and health?

Answer 17

lower class children have lower intakes of energy, vitamins and minerals

Question 18

what does wilkison say about diet and health?

Answer 18

lower the social class, the higher the rate of hyperactivity, anxiety and conduct disorder’s

Question 19

what does blanden and machin say about diet and health?

Answer 19

lower income family children are more likely to engage in “externalising” behaviour

Question 20

what does bull say about the cost of education?

Answer 20

“the cost of free schooling”

Question 21

what does smith and nobek say about financial support?

Answer 21

poverty acts as a barrier to learning in other ways

Question 22

what does callender and jackson say about fear of debt?

Answer 22

w/c students are more likely to be more debt adverse

Question 23

what does raye say about fear of debt?

Answer 23

w/c students are more likely to apply to local unis and work part time

Question 24

who does becker theorise the ideal pupil is?

Answer 24

middle class students

Question 25

what is the educational triage and who came up with it?

Answer 25

gillborn and youdell schools categorise children who will pass anyways, children who need extra help and the hopeless cases

Question 26

what did lacey say about pupil subcultures?

Answer 26

polarisation pupils respond to streaming in one of two different ways: pro-school or anti-school

Question 27

what are some criticism about laceys theory?

Answer 27

feminists- malestream SFP can be ignored deterministic marxism- inequality in society

Question 28

what did ball say about pupil subcultures?

Answer 28

abolish streaming top steam students warmed up with fun lessons/more freedom- opposite for low stream students teachers still labelled students without streaming

Question 29

what did woods say about subcultures?

Answer 29

found evidence of wide-range pro and anti school subcultures- dividing pupils responses into just two poles is too simple

Question 30

what did willis say about subcultures?

Answer 30

status is earned within their friendship groups

Question 31

what is symbolic capital?

Answer 31

status and recognition from the school

Question 32

what is symbolic violence?

Answer 32

lifestyle= inferior reproduces class structure keeps lower classes "in their place

Question 33

what did ingram say about subcultures?

Answer 33

street culture and branded sports wear is part of the w/c identity gramma schools are mainly m/c with high expectations secondary schools are mainly w/c with low expectations

Question 34

what did evans say about subcultures?

Answer 34

w/c pupils are forced to choose between w/c identity or conforming to m/c habitus girls have a strong attachment to locality

Question 35

how do GCSE's and coursework help girls in education?

Answer 35

girls have 'bedroom culture' boys dont pay attention for a long period of time - mitsos and brown

Question 36

what does teacher labelling help girls in school?

Answer 36

girls are labelled as the ideal pupil - SFP

Question 37

how do equal opportunities in school help girls?

Answer 37

girls work harder to get a good job - challenging stoerotypes

Question 38

what does raey say about identity and class impact on girls achievements?

Answer 38

limited aspirations reflect limited job opportunities- gender identity being in a couple provides a source of status

Question 39

what does archer say about identity and class impact on girls achievement?

Answer 39

girls gained symbolic capital from peers by performing their w/c feminine identities

Question 40

what is the hyper heterosexual feminine identity?

Answer 40

girls invest time,effort and money into making a staus for themselves

Question 41

how do boyfriends effect girls achievement?

Answer 41

gains girls symbolic capital amongst their friends- lowers aspirations, choose feminine subjects, teen pregnancy

Question 42

how does literacy mean that boys underachieve?

Answer 42

boys have poorer lit and lang skills they loose interest in reading at 8 years old - boys associate reading as a girl thing as their mothers would read to them oakhill and petrider- if boys arent interested they wont do it

Question 43

how does the decline in male jobs mean boys underachieve?

Answer 43

mitsos and brown- identity crisis for men underminds motivation and self esteem

Question 44

how does the feminisation of education mean that boys underachieve?

Answer 44

schools dont nurture masculine traits

Question 45

how does the lack of male teachers mean that boys underachieve?

Answer 45

less positive role models

Question 46

how does the laddish subculture lead to the underachievement of boys?

Answer 46

teachers expectations are lower for boys epstein- school work is seen as feminine

Question 47

what does engleman say about ethnicity and education?

Answer 47

language is the key cause of underachievement

Question 48

what did sewell say about ethnicity and education?

Answer 48

hyper-masculinity is holding back black Caribbean pupils no father sons are more likely to be drawn into gangs dont see the point in education due to institutionalised racism

Question 49

what did lupton say about ethnicity and education?

Answer 49

w/c white british in poorest areas parents display low aspritations and a negative view to schools

Question 50

what does basit say about indian and pakistani families?

Answer 50

they have a culture of promoting education

Question 51

what does vincent say about black m/c parents?

Answer 51

they have high levels of interest in education

Question 52

what does fransis say about chinese families?

Answer 52

there is a high value placed on education

Question 53

what is critical race theory?

Answer 53

racism is ingrained into society

Question 54

what does gilborn say about marketisation?

Answer 54

allows negative stereotypes to influence decisions about school admissions give schools more scope to select pupils

Question 55

what does moore and davenport say about marketisation?

Answer 55

selection procedures lead to ethnic segregation

Question 56

what does gillborn and youdell say about the new iq'ism?

Answer 56

teachers has=d racialised expectations teachers and policymakers make false assumptions abou the nature of he pupils

Question 57

what does gillborn say about assessments?

Answer 57

"assessment game" is rigged

Question 58

what does ball and whitty say about marketisation?

Answer 58

marketisations policies such as exam league tables and funding formula reproduce class inequalities

Question 59

what does david say about marketisation?

Answer 59

its all about parentocracy

Question 60

what did bartlett say about marketisation?

Answer 60

cream-skimming and slit-shifting

Question 61

what did gerwits say about marketisation?

Answer 61

parentocracy is a myth