Education

• What is the definition of education?

  Education is the process of giving and receiving knowledge
• What are the types of schools?

  state, private, specialist, faith, free, grammar, academies
• What are the four positive functions of education according to the functionalist perspective?


  1. Secondary socialisation
  2. Learning skills for work
  3. Creating social cohesion
  4. Meritocracy and Role allocation
• What did Parsons believe about the education system?


  Parsons believed the education system was meritocratic and rewarded hard work rather than the position people were born into
• How does educational success relate to role allocation in Parsons' view?


  Educational success allocates individuals to roles later in life based on their achievements.
• What is the relationship between educational success and higher-status role allocation?


  People who achieve educational success are allocated higher-status roles due to their hard work.
• What does the term "gendered subject choices" refer to?


  It refers to the tendency for boys and girls to choose different subjects based on gender norms.
• What is the tripartite system?


  Where children sat an 11+ exam determining whether they’d go to a grammar school, technical school or modern school
• Which social class benefits from marketisation?


  Middle class
• what is a comprehensive school?


  a state secondary school that is non selective and open to everyone regardless of their ability
• what is an independent/private school?


  a selective school that charges fees to attend and sets their own curriculum
• what is an academy?


  a state funded school that is funded directly by the government rather than by the local authority
• what is a special school?


  schools that are funded by local authorities or independent that are set up to admit pupils with special educational needs
• what is a faith school?


  state schools that focus on a specific religion
• what is a free school?


  a specific type of government funded school that is established and run by groups such as parents, teachers but not by the local authority
• what is the feminist perspective of education?


  girls are taught to accept their subordinate position as they attract less attention from teachers and take up less time and space