Topic 6 Flashcards
Durkheim
Founding father of functionalism
2 main functions of education system according to functionalists
Creating social solidarity
Teaching specialist skills
What is social solidarity
Members must feel part of one body
Teaching specialist skills
School teaches individuals specialist knowledge which will help them in the long run
Parsons
Suggests school is a ‘focal socialising agenecy’
Particularistic standards
Standards that only apply to a specific person eg the oldest sibling
Universalistic standards
Rules that apply to everyone eg everyone has the same exam
David and Moore
Role allocation
School helps to sort pupils into classes based on their ability
Neoliberalism and the new right
Conservative political view. The state cannot meet needs of its people
Chubb and Moe
State run education in America has failed because there’s no equal opportunity
Bourgeoisie
Capitalist class who are ruling
Proletariat
Working class and are the subject
Gerwitz and Ball
Competition between schools benefits the m/c as they have more cultural and economical capital
Repressive state apparatus
Maintaining rule by forcing it
Ideological state apparatus
Maintaining rule by controlling ideas and values
Althusser
Introduced the 2 state apparatuses
Marxist
Correspondence principle
How the work place and schools are similar in terms of how there’s a hierarchy
Hidden curriculum
These are lessons taught outside of school. Students become used to the hierarchy
Myth of meritocracy
Do not believe that where the hardest workers are is where there are most rewards
Postmodern perspective
They believe society is clear cut and predictable therfore any problems can be solved rationally
How has the post modernist view influenced our society
A lot more of individual learning programmes
Multitude of qualifications
Different faith schools
Much more education in adults
Globalisation
A feature of the postmodernist perspective. A lot more ideas are being spread around and the world is becoming more interconnected
