sociology • education - role & function: functionalists & marxists

hidden curriculum

the unwritten lessons, values and norms pupils learn at school

particularistic standards

rules that apply only to one particular child

universalistic standards

rules that apply to everyone

social solidarity (durkheim)

the sense of belonging and community that binds individuals together, making them feel as part of one body through pshe lessons

role allocation - davis and moore

the way pupils are sifted into their different roles by allocating the most important roles to the most qualified people

education vouchers - chubb & moe

created an educational market, pushing schools to improve

ideological state apparatus

schools transmit capitalist values, preparing working-class children to accept exploitation and reality in the workplace.

repressive state apparatus

institutions that use violence to force the working class to comply

correspondence principle

the idea that schools mirrors the workplace