Theories Of Education Flashcards
Who are the Key Functionalist Sociologist?
-Durkheim
-Parsons
-Davis & Moore
What did Durkhiem say?
That education preforms 2 basic functions
1. Education promotes social solidarity
2. It prepares students with specialist skills that are needed for capitalist work forces
What did Parsons say?
-Education is a form of secondary socialisation
-Education system is meritocratic
Davis & Moore:
-Role Allocation:
The people who are naturally more talented get the most complex jobs
What are criticism of Davis and Moore theory of Role Allocation?
-Women of colour are in less than 5% of managerial roles
-Ethnic Minorities are less likely to be in top jobs
-Reports say that free school meals preform worse than non free school meals
Who are the Key Marxist Sociologists?
- Althusser
- Bowels & Gintis
What did Althusser say?
- ISA & RSA
He argues that the education system is a form of a ideological state apparatus as it maintains ruining class ideologies, reproducing inequalities
What did Bowels and Gintis say?
They spoke about the Hidden Curriculum and Correspondence Principle
What are criticisms of Bowels and Gintis’ theory?
-They are too deterministic and ignore students free will
-In modern society the education system is based more on diversity and choice
What are Neoliberalism sociologist think about education?
-They favour free markets and minimal government intervention
-Believe in marketisation
What do New Right sociologist think about education?
-Belive the duration system takes a ‘One Size Fits All Approach’ and ignores individual talent and merit
-State owned schools don’t allow choice for parents and pupils
What did New Rights feel were the solution for the eduction system?
Marketisation of education
-Creating an education market, that allows those with specialist skills to maximise full potential, bringing greater choice to pupils and parents
What did New Right Thinkers Chubb and Moe say?
They argued state schools in the USA fail because
-haven’t created equal opportunity’s & failed the needs of disadvantaged children
-Inefficient as doesn’t produce children will skills needed by the economy
-Private schools deliver higher quality education because, unlike state schools they are answerable to paying consumers
What did Chubb and Moe say?
Part 2
Based on a comparison of 6000 pupils from low income families in 1015 state and private schools, they found low income family’s do 5% better in private schools than in state schools
