Members of society receive rewards based on their efforts rather than what is given to them (Waller, 2009)
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Durkheim argues that education is
meritocratic and it allocates specific roles to members of soceity based on ability
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What did Reay (2001) find regarding Gender and Education
'Nice girls' (middle class, well behaved and boring/excluded) and 'spice girls' (working class and anti-academic)
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How did Willis (1977) define the 'lads'
they had a 'laff' and challenged teachers and other adults as taking education seriously was viewed as feminine
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Outline Young's (1958) stages towards meritocracy
1 - the link between class and educational achievement weakening. 2 - opportunities and motivation for social mobility strengthens. 3 - the link between class and class destination weakens
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What is the 'glass floor'?
an invisible barrier stopping the rich from falling down the social ladder
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What is social reproduction
The process of low social mobility in a society - where their family background strongly reflects in their occupation and status
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Who coined the idea of restricted and elaborated code?
Bernstein
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How do Marx and Engels define class?
In terms of the the owning and control of the means of production in society
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Outline Weber's dimensions of inequality
Class, status and power
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Name Bourdeiu's forms of capital
Economic, social and cultural
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Cultural capital can be...
embodied (mannarisms), objectified (paintings) and institutionalised (qualifications)
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What did Bourdieu and Passeron (1977) argue
The upper and middle classes benefit from education most due to their capitals as they are the education system values them
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How did Bourdiey define 'habitus'
A system of dispositions - perceptions formed by socialisation and confirmed by experiences and therefore we reproduce social positions because of it
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Who coined the concept of class operating through use of either restricted or elaborated code?
Bernstein
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Who uses restricted or elaborated code
WC use restricted code and MC use both
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Durkheim argues that education is
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meritocratic and it allocates specific roles to members of soceity based on ability
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What did Reay (2001) find regarding Gender and Education
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