Revision Guide - Education
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Unit 3:Education- Revision Guide
Purpose of Education (Blue Booklet)
Functionalism
Purpose of education is to teach the norms and values to remain in consensus (cultural transmission) and to allocate people the most effective role within society
Marxism
Role of education is to maintain a capitalist society by preparing workers for their roles within this. Education teaches the norms and values that benefit the capitalists and judges everyone on having following these (cultural reproduction)
Durkheim
Education gives a sense of belonging, schools like society in miniature, division of labour
Parsons
Education eases transition from childhood to adulthood, teaches the universalistic values needed to be integrated into bigger society, meritocracy
Davis and Moore
Role allocation- education sorts people for society-organic analogy,
Bowles and Gintis
Correspondence Principle- link between education and work: Subservient workers, acceptance of hierarchy, Jug and mug, fragmented subject knowledge, hidden Curriculum
Althusser
Education has taken over from religion in being an ideological state apparatus
Willis
Education tries to mould working classes into becoming subservient workers, but Willis`s boys rebelled against this
Liberal
Education should benefit the individual rather than society
LB Johnson
A good education system would solve all of societies problems
Dewey
Schools did not offer all children the chance to reach their full potential
Illich
Formal Schooling should be abolished as it teaches students to pass exams and does not encourage individuality
AS Neill
Summerhill School –based upon liberal beliefs
Social Democratic
Education does not offer WC the same opportunities as the higher classes; government intervention is needed to do this. Social Democratic principles were adopted by the traditional labour party (Callaghan) AH Halsey- The tripartite system did not offer parity of esteem
New Right
Purpose of education is to benefit the economy, so that the UK can compete on a global scale. Similarities with functionalist view (organic analogy/meritocracy) Instead of focusing on tackling inequalities focus should be on raising standards, government intervention is not necessary.
Chubb & Moe- Education should be run like a business (private school model)
Education & Social Policy
Thatcher -1988 Education Reform Act
National Curriculum, SATS/league tables, Ofsted, City Technology Colleges, Formula Funding, Grant Maintained Schools, Local Management of Schools
Blair- 1997+
Literacy & Numeracy hour, Target setting (Valued added), Curriculum 2000, Education Action Zones, Sure Start, EMA, Widening Access to HE, Inclusion not exclusions
New Coalition -2010+
Teachers to have more control, tougher assessment, traditional subjects, more academies, tackle inequalities
Comprehensive School
Need to know strengths and weaknesses of different school types in terms of do they all offer equality of opportunity
Specialist Schools
Private School
Faith School
Academies
Tripartite Schools- Grammar, technical & SM
Social class and underachievement
Sutton Trust 2008
Class differences in attainment occurred in the early years of a child’s life. If a child from a WC background made it to A-levels, the chances of going to uni. were the same as a child from an affluent family, however were less likely to go to prestigious university.
Douglas
MC stayed in education…
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