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What are the 2 main functions in education that durkheim believes and explain them. |
Social solidarity: everyone must feel themselves in order to be part of society. Without social solidarity, everyone would fufill their own selfish desires. specialist skills: everyone must have their own set of skills to perform a certain role. Education teaches these skills and roles so the children can later play their role in society. |
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What does meritocracy mean and who came up with the term? |
Everyone is given an equal opportunity and individuals achieve rewards through own efforts and ability. Parsons |
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What do davis and Moore believe? |
They believe that education helps select and allocate pupils to their future jobs. They believe inequality is needed because it allows the most talented people to fill the important jobs. |
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What is the hidden curriculum? |
Things pupils learn through the experience of school rather than the stated educational objectives. |
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What are some criticisms of the functionalists view? |
Marxists believe that education helps promote he ruling class not society as a whole. There is still evidence of specific groups underachieving such as class and gender. The new right argue that the state fails to prepare the young adequately for work. |
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What are 3 similarities between the new right and functionalists? |
Both believe that some people are naturally more talented than others. Both favour the educational system as it is meritocratic. Both believe that education should socialise pupils into shared values. . |
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What are 2 criticisms of the new right? |
Others argue that competition between schools benefit the middle class. Others argue that the real cause of low educational standards isn't state control but social inequality (money). |
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What are the 2 functions that althusser believes make education and what sociological view is he from? |
Education reproduces class inequality
Education justifies class inequality by using the ideology of meritocracy to persuade the working class that they have no option but to serve capitalism. Marxism. |
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What are the criticisms of the Marxist approach? |
Feminists argue that patriarchy is also an inequality not just class. Some criticise Marxists for ignoring other types of inequality and only focusing on class inequality. Post modernists argue that education now produces diversity not inequality. |
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What do the new right believe with tge education system? |
The state cant meet people needs and so people are left to meet their own needs through the marketisation of education. Therefore, the new right favour the marketisation of education. They believe that state education disregards locals needs. They are therefore unresponsive and inefficient. They believe that a competition between schools will fix this issue as it will bring greater diversity and choice. |
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What do Marxists believe with Education? |
Education is based on class division and capitalist exploitation. |
