Theorists Flashcards
Althusser 1970
ISA & RSA
Marxist
Education reproduces inequalities
Bowles and Ginits
Children are moulded into capitalism through the hidden curriculum
Bourdieu 1977
Working class are duped into accepting failure and limited social mobility through the myth of meritocracy
Social action theory is..
The idea that the individuals actions and behaviour affect society as a whole, conscious thought and self awareness
Labelling theory
How others view you can impact how you see yourself
Bourdieu 1977
Working class are duped into accepting failure and limited social mobility Education was designed for the middle class
Bernstein 1971
Speech codes
Sugarman 1970
People in working class prefer immediate gratification And do not believe working hard will make them succeed
Douglas 1964
The most important factor in educational success is parental encouragement
Douglas 1964 living conditions
Children with unsatisfactory living conditions performed worse in all forms of achievement
Durkheim
Founding functionalist father
Invented term value consensus
Durkheim
Socialisation + ??? = 🔑☮️☯️
Socialisation + social control (sanctions and discipline) = the key for peace and stability
Common goal = value consensus
Organic analogy BY?
Parsons
Merton
Internal parsons criticism
Parsons - institutions have specific functions
Merton - ?
There are functional alternatives
Parsons - all society works together - functional unity
Merton ?
Functional independence, if one fails all won’t
Parsons - every institution is functional (universal functionalism)
Merton -?
Some institutions can be dysfunctional and fail the individual
Anthony Giddens
Structuration theory - social action and structuralism co-exist, one could not without the other
E.g no school without pupils
no pupils without school
Craib
structuration is not a theory is it too descriptive
Acher
Giddens underestimates the capacity of the structures to resist the change
Actions don’t always work
E.g London riots
Mead & explain
‘Me and I’
Me- how other people see you
I - how you see yourself
Cooley
Looking glass self
Beckers
Labelling theory
Fuller
Year 11 black girls rejected their label and were successful but still subcultures