sociology- the role of education AO3's

durkheim

functionalist sociologist- believed in school producing social solidarity and giving individual specialist skills for future job roles. Referred to schools as a society in miniature

parsons

functionalist sociologist- theory of meritocracy meaning all pupils will have an equal chance to succeed.

davis and moore

functionalist sociologist- role allocation- schools will match students to a job based off of skill.

althusser

Marxist sociologist- Ideological state apparatus:
reproduction -school fails each generation of working class students
legitimation- teaches that inequality is inevitable and that failure is the fault of the individual rather than the capitalist system

bowels and Gintis

Marxist sociologists who argued that the education system serves to reproduce social class inequalities and prepare students for their roles in the workforce, promoting compliance and subservience to authority.

willis

neo Marxist-states that working class are aware of their exploitation and so create anti school subculture groups such as 'the lads' which ultimately lead to lower class boys doing worse at school.

liberal femenists

clear improvement in girls successes in schools and more equality for women

radical feminists

education is maintaining gender inequality through gendered language, gendered roles and gendered stereotypes causing unequal expectations of men and women causing oppression

new right- general

schools should be centred around competition and choice and should not be funded by equality as schools will compete for pupils for money and so will improve the quality of education as they are inclined to respond to pupil and students needs.

Chubb and Moe

new right sociologists- state education fails students needs as it doesn't need to respond to pupils needs for funding whereas private schools deliver higher quality of education as they are answerable to paying consumers.