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What do functionalists believe about education?
Functionalists - concerned with the links between education and other social institutions, such as the family. They see education as an important agency of socialisation, maintaining social stability through the development of value concensus. Educat
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What did Durkheim say about Education?
Durkheim - 'society in miniture' - schools are a small-scale version of society that prepares young people for wider adult society.
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What did Parsons say about Education?
Parsons - schools are important places for secondary socilization. They provide the bridge between universalistic values and achieved status of contemporary societies based on the values of meritocracy.
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What did Davis and Moore say about Education?
Davis and Moore - The education system is a means of shifting people for different levels of the job market, ensuring the most talented individuals are allocated the most important jobs, through the method of role allocation. They suggest there is
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What do The New Right believe about education?
New Right - argues education should be concerned with training the work force , making sure the most able have their talents developed and are recruited for the best jobs, not equality. Education should socialize young people into collective values
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What did Chubb and Moe say about education?
Chubb and Moe - Believes an education system is controlled by state + local authorities isn't the best means of achieving these aims as it imposes a single type of school regardless the needs or wishes of parents. They argue there should be a free
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What do Marxists believe about education?
Marxists - Sees education as a means of social control, encouraging poeple to accept their social position and to not upset current patterns of power. They emphasize that the education system reproduces existing social inequalities, passing them fro
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What did Althusser say about education?
Althusser - Main role of education in a capitalist society reproduces an effcient and obedient labour force, which is done by reproducing ruling class ideology and the necessary technical skills. He argues the ruling class must try to win
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What did Bourdieu say about education?
Bourdieu – each social class possesses its own cultural framework – habitus – contains ideas about what is good and bad and is picked up through socialization in the family. The ruling class imposes its own habitus in the education system, so that
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What did Illich say about education?
Illich – argues schools are repressive institutions, promoting conformity and encouraging passive acceptance of existing inequalities – interests of the powerful. Suggests schools do this by rewarding those who accept school (ruling class) regime –
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What did Freire say about education?
Freire - argues schools are repressive institutions, learners are conditioned to accept domination and subordination. Suggests the education system plays an important role in producing hegemony and hegemonic control of the ruling class.
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What did Bowles and Gintis say about education?
Bowles and Gintis – The major role of the Education system is to produce a submissive and disciplined work force through the hidden curriculum of schooling –showing the similarity between social relationships at school and at work – and in legitimi
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What are the criticisms of Althusser, Bourdieu, Illich, Freie and Bowles and Gintis
⦁ Lack of detailed research – assume the hidden curriculum influences pupils but pupilsare not passive recipients of education and often have little regard for teacher’s authority and school rules ⦁ Bowles and Gintis, Illich and Freie ignore the infl
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