theorists

Question 1

Mitos and Browne

Answer 1

Girls do better than boys in coursework because they are more conscientious and better organised

Question 2

Parsons

Answer 2

schools operate on meritocratic principles meaning all pupils have an equal chance to succeed through talent and abilities irrespective of class and gender

Question 3

French and French

Answer 3

teachers paid similar attention to both girls and boys for academic reasons
but boys received more attention through discipline

Question 4

Althusser

Answer 4

The education system performs two main functions reproduction of class inequalities through failing working class pupils and legitimation of failure being the individuals fault

Question 5

Rosenthal and Jacobson

Answer 5

IQ tests falsely showed children who would spurt ahead.Teachers believed this, treated them differently and they ended up doing well proving the self fulfilling prophecy

Question 6

Wright

Answer 6

Asian primary pupils are stereotyped and treated differently for example teachers used simple language because they assumed they would speak poor English

Question 7

Sewell

Answer 7

black boys are often from female headed families so struggle with male authority when they get to school

Question 8

Douglas

Answer 8

working class parents put less value on education they are less ambitious for their children and give them less encouragement to participate in activities such as homework

Question 9

Sharpe

Answer 9

girls ambitions in the 70s was to get married and start a family.In the 90s priorities changed to careers and wanting to be Independent

Question 10

Fuller

Answer 10

high achieving black girls maintain a self positive image by rejecting teacher stereotypes they do not seek teacher approval but value education

Question 11

Lacey

Answer 11

pupil subcultures develop through polarisation when they move to either pro or anti school subcultures and differentiation when teachers group pupils because of their ability

Question 12

Bernstein

Answer 12

difference in speech codes disadvantage working class students who usually speak with a restricted code because the elaborated code is spoken by teachers textbooks and exams

Question 13

Bowles and Gintis

Answer 13

schools create the new generations of workers to serve the capitalist system through the hidden curriculum pupils accept hierarchy competition and the myth of meritocracy

Question 14

Bourdieu

Answer 14

middle class pupils with cultural capital are better equipped for education than working class pupils due to how middle class parents can enrich their children with educational activities

Question 15

Becker

Answer 15

teachers judge pupils according to how closely they fit the ideal pupil this dampens the motivation of pupils who do not fit it due to how teachers being unwilling to help them

Question 16

Chubb and Moe

Answer 16

state schools fail rot create equal opportunities because they don’t have to respond to pupils needs.Private schools are answerable to paying consumers so provide better education

Question 17

Durkheim

Answer 17

there are two main functions of education social solidarity and specialist skills

Question 18

Davis and Moore

Answer 18

schools perform the function of allocating pupils to their future work roles by assessing individual aptitude’s and abilities preparing them for specific jobs