Theorists Flashcards

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David and Moore 1945

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education acts as a sieve which ‘sorts’ people into roles/positions in society i.e they are allocated roles

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Marxist theory

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the main role of education is to produce an efficient and obedient workforce to help maintain the unequal capitalist society.

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Althusser 1970

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Althusser takes a theoretical approach to education i.e. his work is not based on research. he argues that the w/c are controlled by the R/C through 2 types of ‘apparatus’

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bowles and gintis 1970

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they researched schools in the USA and concluded that the role of education is the reproduction of the workforce.
education is a ‘myth making machine’ designed to justify inequality by promoting that failure is due to a lack of hard work

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Howard Becker 1971

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came up with labelling theory

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basil Bernstein 1975

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differences in language ‘code’
argues that both the home and school are responsible for not teaching the elaborated code.

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J.W.B Douglas 1964

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found w/c pupils did worse on ability tests compared to middle class pupils this is because parents were less likely to read to their children or select the right educational toys for them

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dobash & dobash

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domestic violence
main cause was threat to authority

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LABOV

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language skills of black American children

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Oakley

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pregnant women 55-60 sample
invited to births

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Paul Willis 1970

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he does not believe that there is a sample relationship between education and work. this view is to determinist and simplistic.
he conducted a study of 12 w/c lads in their final year of school using unstructured interviews and observations

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Chubb and Moe

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compared the achievement of 60000 pupils from low income families in 1015 state and private high schools in the USA.

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Sarah Thornton 1995

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studied ‘rave culture’ in clubs
she started at 23 but aged out of the group making the observation difficult and suspicious

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James Patrick 1973

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studied a Glasgow gang. he was young and knew one of the members and had easy access

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Sudhir ventatesh

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semi covert participant
‘JP’ gang leader was aware of real identity

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laud Humphries

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he studied ‘impersonal sexual acts’ in public lavatories or tea rooms
he acted as a watch person to warn those engaging in the acts. to avoid bias he secretly followed some of the men to their cars and recorded their licence plates. he later arrived at their homes claiming to be a health service interviewer asking about marital status

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Michael Rutter 1979

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he used questionnaires to collect large quantities of data from 12 inner London secondary schools. he was able to correlate achievement , attendance and behaviour with variables like school size, class size and number of staff

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parsons 1961

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the school is a society in miniature which helps to teach and prepare for the demands and expectations of wider society