GCSE WJEC Eduqas Sociology Revision Booklet 3: Education

Flashcards in the FILL_IN_THE_BLANK style based on the provided lecture notes.

Education = This is a process of __

gaining knowledge and understanding which goes on for all of our lives through formal and informal education

Functionalists follow a __ about society.

consensus theory

The education system is a __.

secondary agent of socialisation

At home your status is __

status that you are born in to

Functionalists argue that schools __.

reward the most able, who then come out of school with the best examination results and go on to get the best jobs

Davies and Moore argue that schools fulfill the function of __.

role allocation

Marxism is a __.

conflict theory

Bourdieu argues that schools are __

reproducing the class system

Pierre Bourdieu argues that the __ as schools and therefore children from those classes succeed and working-class children fail.

upper and middle classes have the same cultural capital

In order for capitalism (which Marxists see as an __ ) to continue, the upper class need an obedient, passive workforce.

elitist and exploitative system

Bowles and Gintis __ = children learn to be obedient and do as they are told in schools, so they are obedient and do as they are told in the workplace.

correspondence theory

Marxists do not see schools as meritocratic, with everyone having an equal chance to succeed, so schools put forward a giant myth, known as the __.

myth of meritocracy

Feminists argued that schools were __: run in favour of males and dominated by males.

patriarchal

Feminists say the __ passes on gender messages to girls and boys about their place and role in society and about appropriate gender behaviour.

hidden curriculum

At school, boys might exercise __ over girls and try to police their behaviour.

social control

__ in one which is funded by the state and which provides its educational services for free.

state schools

A __, or independent school, is one which pay fees to attend.

private school

Some of the most exclusive private schools are also known as __.

public schools

Competition between schools introduces __ into schools, where schools have to compete for pupils and parents ‘go shopping’ for the best school.

market principles

__ have been introduced in England, originally created to help ‘failing’ schools and are independent of local authorities.

academies

__ are outside local authority control and can be set up and run instead by groups such as parents, teachers and businesses.

free schools

__ is a way of dividing people into groups usually based on occupation.

social class

Children who are usually from the poorer classes tend to be measured by ‘__’ FSM.

free school meals

__ includes influences such as language codes, values, attitudes, parental encouragement/expectations.

cultural factors

__ includes money and what money can buy, such as books, additional tuition, even the type of housing pupils live.

material factors

Culture refers to the __, of a society.

values, norms, language and knowledge

This theory states that working-class children were underachieving because they did not have the language skills nor subscribe to the values that were needed to succeed in education which is a theory of __

cultural deprivation

The theory of __ comes from the Marxist sociologist, Pierre Bourdieu, who said the lack of this will affect pupils attainment in school.

cultural capital

__ refers to the lack of some basic needs such as housing, heating, adequate food and clothing caused by lack of money.

material deprivation

Middle-class parents might move to an area just to get their children into the school, creating what has become known as ‘__’.

selection by mortgage

The government introduced the __ in 2011, which is additional funding for disadvantaged pupils in funded schools.

Pupil Premium

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation argues that most schools have what they called a very ‘__’.

middle class ethos

In 1988, the government introduced the __ and is a prescriptive programme of subjects to be studied for all children at all 4 Key Stages in state schools across the country.

National Curriculum

__ occurs when teachers make judgements on pupils’ ability and might label pupils as ‘bright’, ‘uninterested’, or ‘less able’.

Teacher labelling

Interactionists argue that labels could lead to __ where a child conforms to the label and the label becomes a reality.

Self-fulfilling prophecies