Whose Study? Flashcards
Experimenting with student- teacher relationships:
Told teachers that the results from an IQ test showed 40% were outstanding and 60% were average or below. (They weren’t)
The outstanding pupils began to do better than the others as teachers focused on them more
Rosenthal and Jacobson
Universalistic values- secondary socialisation at school
Parsons
Social solidarity and education is key for the economy (develop specialist skills
Emile Durkheim
Role allocation- school reveals what job you are best suited to do
Davis and Moore
Marketisation means schools treat parents like businesses treat customers
Chubb and moe
Parental choice- parents can choose the best schools for their children due to league tables and ofsted reports
Chubb and moe
Ideological state apparatus: school enforces capitalist ideologies on students. Prevents rebellion
Louis Althusser
School reproduces and legitimises class inequality
Althusser
Positional theory: rich at the top–> good school–> good profession–> more money
Poor at the bottom–> bad school–> bad profession–> less money
Raymond Boudon
The hidden curriculum and correspondence principle- students conform to the capitalist values
Bowles and Gintis
Working class boys form an anti school subculture and have social solidarity to cope with the fact that they will do badly
Paul Willis
Working class boys don’t think that qualifications and good grades apply to them as they’re destined for manual work
Paul Willis
Those who work hard are “ear oles”- made fun of by WC boys
Paul Willis
Teachers and careers advisors prepare the working class boys for mundane manual work. Students cope with the his by making a joke and having a “laff”
Paul Willis
Counters Bowles and Gintis- the students don’t conform to schools values, they revel and ,earn to cope with it.
Paul Willis
The globalisation of education- businesses that operate in a global scale (school chains ran by large businesses)
Glen Rikowski
The commodification of education- capitalists turn it into something that will benefit them (create a profit)
Glen Rikowski
‘Typing’ 1. Speculation
- Elaboration
- Stabilisation
David Hargreaves
Attainment (class) groups
- Tigers
- Cardinals
- Clowns
Ray Rist
Labels based on students class- primary school allows children to decide when they’re ready to learn. Middle class started first thus the working class labelled negatively
Sharp and Green