Labelling, Self fulfilling prophecy, pupil subcultures, marketisation and selection
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External factors of class and achievement
Cultural Deprivation, Material Deprivation, Cultural Capital
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what do functionalists believe the role of education is?
to prepare students for adult life in society, Durkheim identified two main functions - creating social solidarity and teaching specialist skills, Parsons believes in meritocracy
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What do Davis and Moore argue? (Functionalists)
Role Allocation - inequality is necessary to ensure the most able people are put into the hardest jobs, e.g. you woudn't let a stupid person fly a plane
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What do Marxists believe the role of education is?
Althusser - reproducing class inequality, legitimates class inequality
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Bowles and Gintis (Marxist)
argue the role of education is to produce an obedient workforce that will except inequality, studied 237 students and found that submissive and obedient students achieved higher grades (US)
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Wills - Learning to Labour
studied 12 w/c boys and found they saw educational success as feminine, rejected the idea of meritocracy and teased others for trying hard, found school boring/meaningless, saw manual labour as masculine and inevitable
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Role of Education - New Right
believe the state cannot meet the pupils needs, so support marketisation
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Chubb and Moe (New Right)
argue US education system has failed so support marketisation and private schooling, compared achievements of 60 000 pupils from state and private schools, propose that schools compete for a voucher from the parents
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External factors of class and achievement
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Cultural Deprivation, Material Deprivation, Cultural Capital
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what do functionalists believe the role of education is?
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What do Davis and Moore argue? (Functionalists)
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Card 5
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What do Marxists believe the role of education is?
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