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what is the meaning of consensus approach?

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emphasised positive role of education, 2 main roles of education

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what are the two main roles of education (functionalists)

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secondary socialisation and preparation for paid employment

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who holds a consensus approach?

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functionalists, new right and post modernists.

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what is the meaning of conflict approach?

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negative role of education, reproduces inequality

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who holds a conflict approach?

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marxists, neo marxists and feminists

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who is the founder of functionalism?

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Emile Durkheim- french sociologists

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what is the organic analogy?

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society is a body and each institution is a separate organ each with its own function. work together to form a functioning society

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what 3 things do functionalists believe is needed for a good society?

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social solidarity, equilibrium and value consensus

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what is social solidarity?

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working together, unified group, part of something bigger.

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what is value consensus?

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shared agreement, mutual understanding, shared norms

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what is equilibrium?

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social balance and evenness

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how is social solidarity shown in schools?

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attachment to the school, friendship groups, uniform, clubs, assembly, positive subcultures

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how is value consensus shown in schools?

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school goals and ethos, if a pupil doesn’t conform they will be negatively labelled, similar experience

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how is equilibrium shown in schools?

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rules, form tutors, national curriculum and equal opportunities

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what did Durkheim argue? (functionalists)

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society needs social solidarity, value consensus and equilibrium, education helps with this by transmitting norms, beliefs and values.

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how does school help integrate pupils more closely? (functionalists)

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national curriculum- shared educational experience.
regulation of members- clubs forms sets classes year groups

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what does education act as? (functionalists)

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‘a vehicle that develops the human resources of a nation.’

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what does parsons see school as?

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a vital source of secondary education- a bridge between family and society

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davis and moore (functionalists)

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education as preparation for work, link to stratification system- mimicking the class system

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evaluation of the functionalist view

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schools do not always promote social solidarity, some people have no friends, equal opportunities do not exist- gender, class and ethnicity

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myth of meritocracy

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8 private schools- 1310 Oxbridge pupils
2900 state schools- 1220 Oxbridge pupils

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what is the new right’s key belief?

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if the state aids us a little we will become dependant on them for everything- the state should not provide services such as healthcare, education or welfare

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wrong- interactionalist

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claims functionalists view students as puppets- fail to recognise anti school sc and other forms of resistance

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who’s ideas do the new right build on?

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neo liberal economic ideals

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what does the new right promote in education?

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competition and the ‘free market’

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what do the new right believe about the value of education?

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the value of education lies in how well it allows the country to perform on the global market place- this can be achieved through making schools more business like and competitive

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the new right has influenced all governments especially…

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the conservatives since 1979- thatcher

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what are two important roles for the state in education?

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frame work of schools and education- national curriculum. ensuring a shared culture is transmitted- value consensus ect

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in what was is new right view similar to the functionalist view of education

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some are more talented than others
favour meritocratic system
education should prepare you for work
push of british values

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what is new vocationalism and why was it introduced?

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reiliesd state had failed to produce pupils with values for the economy. range of vocational courses.

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youth training scheme

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YTS- provided skills for young unemployed school leavers, to make them more employable

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marketisation (new right)

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creates an education market, competition between schools, attracts ‘customers’ with their ‘product’.

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why did the new right push marketisation?

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they believed private schools attained better results as they were answerable to paying customers.

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examples of marketisation in education

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league tables and websites. prospectus

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what is parentocracy?

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empowering parents into becoming consumers of education. greater power in education

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what came before parentocracy?

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power was held by LEA’s

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why was parentocracy introduced?

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it was thought it would bring about more diversity and choice

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criticisms of the new right theory on education

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problems are not a result of state control but of lack of state funding.

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what do ball and gerwitz argue about competition?

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competition id more likely to benefit mc as they have more economic and cultural capital

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marxist critique of new right view

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education doesn’t impose a shared culture, but the dominant one. devalues culture of wc- symbolic violence

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what do marxists critique?

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industrial capitalism, money for money’s sake

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examples of consumerist companies

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apple. microsoft. amazon. tesla

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bourgeoisie

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minority ruling class

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prolateriat

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majority working class, more workers than jobs- only possession is their skills

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the bourgeoisie and proletariat are in an interdependent relationship

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all of our knowledge about communism comes from capitalist sources

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38
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marx’s utopian state is one of communism

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39
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media is controlled by capitalists

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elon musk- twitter
rupert murdoch- newspapers

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7% of the population are at a private school

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what do marxists believe the education system is based on?

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based on class division and exploitation

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what does Althusser believe?

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2 key apparatus, repressive and ideological state apparatus

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repressive state apparatus

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physical force. police and army. maintain bourgeoisie rule

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ideological state aparatus

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controlling people’s views beliefs, values and more. more relevant. unseen. propaganda

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how is the ISA supported by the education system

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reproduces and legitimises class inequality, false class conscience, myth of meritocracy

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what do bowles and gintis believe

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education perpetuates social relationships in economic life. eg relationships of domination and subordination. through the hidden curriculum

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what is the hidden curriculum

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unofficial learning- rules, attendance and behaviour

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what is the correspondence principle

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education aims to produce an obedient workforce- through mirroring the work place in education

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examples of the correspondence principle

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fragmentation of knowledge- taught differently depending on sets
motivation by external awards over love of subject of job

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marxists believe the education system is a ‘giant myth making machine’ as it promotes the myth of meritocracy

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what do marxisists critique about the education system

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individualises failure
and blames poverty on the individual rather than the capitalist society
stamping workers down

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criticisms of marxism

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education system is useful and can provide meritocracy
can open doors and provide opportunities
not all pupils are passive
some pupils love learning

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what is the basis of neo marxist theory

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they believe that we are all social actors playing roles

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how do neo marxists carry out research

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small scale, in depth research and observation

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willis

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anti school subcultures, education props up capitalism, myth of meritocracy, resists the idea of pupils being passive

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willis study

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qualitive study of 12 WC boys in their last year of school- why wc kids get wc jobs

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what is structural sociology

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top down, marxist sociology, we are puppets of society

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what is interpretive sociology

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bottom up, we are society

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what do all marxists accept

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capitalism cannot function without a willingly exploited workforce

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there are similarities between WC culture and the shop floor

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61
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wc boys typically reject educational success and label it as feminine

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what do post modernists argue about marxism

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it’s outdated- they believe we have gone beyond modernism

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what does post fordism require?

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creativity, self supervision, self management and skill

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what do postmodernists believe education reproduces

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believe education reproduces diversity not inequality

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when is postmodernism thought to be

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70’s to now

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critique of post modernism

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marxists say post fordism leads to lower than WC conditions and exploitation

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what do postmodernists value

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creativity and self sufficiency

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how does the education system show postmodernist views

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students have more rights and can challenge ideas- school council et

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what do feminists believe about the education system

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reproduces and legitemisis gender inequality

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how does education support gender roles

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through the hidden curriculum

71
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archer et al

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ideal female pupil- MC quiet hard working

72
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GENDERED SUBJECT CHOICE

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73
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critique of feminist view of education

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white WC boys are the lowest achievers

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what do interactionalist focus on

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the relationships and interactions of pupils and teachers and other pupils

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key interactionalist beliefs

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social class gap is widened through education

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what do interactionalist look at

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setting and streaming, labelling and self fulfilling prophecy

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Wrong 1961

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pupils dont passively accept what they are taught- anti school subcultures

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criticisms of interactionalist theories

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fails to recognise the institutions role in pupil identities

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