The purpose of Education Flashcards
What is the consensus theory?
Is positive and believes society is about supporting each other, it is society’s role to bring about commitment.
What is the conflict theory?
main characteristic of society is conflict and struggles between different types of groups. Some groups are more powerful than others.
What is the organic Analogy?
that society is held together by a shared values and parts of society such as the the family and education system to help maintain society as a whole, like the way organs in our body work together to maintain the health of the body.
What did Durkheim suggest?
Creating social cohesion and teaching specialist skills is the purpose of education e.g history- heritage and prep for workplace
What did parsons argue?
That education is a bridge between family and wider society, as children need a way to learn about the world in order to cope with society. For example the family is ascribed and the world achieved
What did Davis and Moore say?
Sifting and Sorting
that inequality is necessary to fit important roles with talented people.
The purpose of education is for individuals to show their abilities, so the most successful can gain higher qualifications, giving them access to the most important and highly rewarded positions
Who disagreed with davis and moore ?
Tumin- the circular argument, however is weak as it doesn't lead to a conclusion How do we know its important because its highly rewarded Why is it highly rewarded because its more important
What is functionalism ?
A consensus theory, supporting each other, its society’s role to bring about commitment
What is Marxism?
Produces workforce that is obedient and efficient to maintain unequal capitalist society
Benefits working class- legitimizes inequality
What did willis do?
agrees with B+G and Althusser, but isnt done through indoctrination
Observed the ‘Lads’ who rejected meritocracy
What did bowles and gintis do?
The correspondence principle- what goes on it school corresponds with the workplace
hidden curriculum
The myth of meritocracy
what does althusser suggest?
his idea that the bourgeosie control everything within society - including the way we think (ideological control)- brainwashing us into thinking society is fair uses repressive appartus e.g. police, army to repress working class uses ideoological appartus - teaches us the importance of following a superiors rules education plays a key role in maintaining capitalist exploitations
what is the purpose of education according to althusser?
to produce the next generation of workers that are persuaded to accept that inequlaity is inevitable and they deserve their position in society
