Education-sociologists

durkheim

functionalist. education system transmits society’s norms and values and prepares us for work. builds on social solidarity through teaching of history. schools are mini societies. schools provide specialised skills.

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parsons

functionalist. education system prepares us for work. promotes achieved status- builds on meritocracy and a value consensus. role allocation is based on ability

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bowles and gintis

marxists. meritocracy is a myth, lead to believe the ed. system is fair but it’s not. more money= do better at school. correspondence principle- close correspondence between work + school through rules, hierarchy, motivation for external rewards

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douglas

looked at parental encouragement

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bourdeiu

looked at cultural capital

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willis

looked at counter school culture

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becker

looked into the labelling theory

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hargreaves and lacey

looked into counter school culture

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ball

looked into streaming

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rosenthal and jacobson

looked into the self fulfilling prophecy

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sharpe and fuller

looked into girls attitudes in 1970s compared with 1990s priorities had changed to independence, careers and money

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kelly

says science is a male subject. this was due to male role models in textbooks and dominance in the classroom of male teachers and students. her research resulted in projects like GIST being created

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murphy and elwood

say children learn their gender roles within the home

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mitsos and browne

say factors in school effect gender roles too, for example gender stereotyping in textbooks

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harris et al

looked into 16 year old WC boy attitudes. found boys suffer from low self esteem, they are less likely to work consistently, less willing to overcome barriers in learning and girls are more willing to do homework and give more thought to their future

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moir and moir

say schools have become too ‘girl friendly’ and boys are forced to learn in ways that don’t suit them

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katz

says peer pressure and fear of ridicule contribute to boys not being seen to try. boys have low self esteem due to the media and are in a masculinity crisis

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james

says women have reassessed their role in society and recognise that work and a career is very much part of their role

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smith and tomlinson

say that the type of school attended is more important than a pupils ethnicity

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mirza

afro- caribbean girls are more likely to reject teacher labels and prove them wrong

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gilborn and youdell

looked into discrimination in setting and streaming and found afro- caribbean boys are more likely to be in lower sets

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wright

says asian children are stereotyped as hardworking

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