What does Durkheim argue are essential for the survival of society?
social solidarity, shared history and specialised skills
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What does Parsons see the education system as?
An agent for secondary socialisation, a minuture version of wider society with equality of opportunity and individual achievement as important factors.
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Who saw role allocation as one of the main functions of the education system?
Parsons
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Althusser argues that the school is what?
An agent for ideological control in which the class system is legitimised
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Who argues that there is a close correspondence between the classroom and the workplace?
Bowles and Gintis
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Marxists argue against the functionalist idea of role allocation because they believe what?
That the higher a person's social class the better they will (in general) do in the education system
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Willis studies the 'lads' he believed they prepared themselves for work how?
Having a laugh and belonging to a peer group, this behaviour mimics that found in low skill, low status jobs that they were destinded to do
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Social demoncratic perspectives about education are what?
Everybody should have an equal chance to succeed in the education system this will lead to a well-educated workforce and in turn lead to economic growth
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New Right sociologists believe that educational standards can be raised by what?
Competition between schools and self management of schools to lead to better school management and higher quality teaching
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What does Parsons see the education system as?
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An agent for secondary socialisation, a minuture version of wider society with equality of opportunity and individual achievement as important factors.
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Who saw role allocation as one of the main functions of the education system?
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Althusser argues that the school is what?
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Who argues that there is a close correspondence between the classroom and the workplace?
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