topic 4; education

Marxist view on education

• cultural capital, some children being able to learn from new experiences while some cannot which gives the privilege people an advantage in education

• Correspondence theory, public schools teaching children to be workers while private schools teach the higher class children to be more successful

Functionalist views on education

• secondary socialisation, children being taught the norms and values

• Social solidarity, students feel part of a bigger society; a sense of “togetherness”

• Role allocation, being matched to the correct job for your abilities

• Meritocracy, education being fair and equal and giving everyone an equal chance to be successful

Labelling

Attaching a definition to a person or a group which influences how they are perceived

Meritocracy

Education is fair and equal and everyone has an equal chance to succeed

Cultural capacity

Experiencing and learning things through travelling and having experiences

Hidden curriculum

Norms and values we acquire in school without knowing

Formal curriculum

When we learn from the subjects in a school, skill and information has to be taught

Ascribed status

Status that other people give you because of some thing you cannot change

Achieved status

Status you have earned yourself, can be positive or negative

Crisis of masculinity

Loss of traditional status and roles among men, with the rise of feminism

Correspondence theory

Schools correspond to the needs of the workplace. The working class being taught to be workers while the upper class are taught how to be more successful

Transmission of norms and values

Where a society, culture or group passes it’s shared rules, beliefs and values to the next generation

Becky Francis: marxist

A Marxist who states the working class parents want the best for their children but may lack confidence, social skill or networks to work the system

Patriarchy

Male-dominated society

Social mobility

The movement of a person or family up or down a social hierarchy

Pierre bourdieu

A Marxist who believes your ability to experience affects your education. E.g a child who can afford to have more experiences will achieve more than a child who cannot

Emile Durkheim

A functionalist who believes children learn norms and values, their place in society and what is expected of them in school,

Talcott parsons

A functionalist who believes school acts as a bridge between particular norms and values at home and universal norms and vakues of wider society

Bowles and Gintis

Marxists who believe Schools correspond to the needs of the workplace, teaching the working class to go to working jobs while higher class to go ahead and lead

Social cohesion

A sense of unity and shared bond between other members of your culture

Feminists views on education

• men are more likely to get top positions in teaching, for example more men are head teachers while more women are teacher

• There are still gendered subjects like d+t for boys and food tech for girls

• Boys dominate the classroom and attract more attention by being loud and disruptive

Education reform act 1988

A law that states girls and boys should be able to follow the same courses

Peer pressure

Pressure to do something in order to be liked, accepted, or to fit into a certain group

Sue lee

Found double standards for being sexual active. Girls are shamed and made fun of for being sexually available while boys are not and are even praised for it

State school

Government-funded schools where you learn for free, decreasing life chances compared to private schools

Public Schools

State-funded education where you learn for free, decreasing opportunity and life chances compared to private schools

Private schools

Education funded by tuition fees, not by the government. Giving better education, opportunities and life chances

Becky Francis: feminist

Found boys dominate classrooms by being loud and disruptive, giving them more attention

The national curriculum

Boys and girls in state school should follow the same course