sociology education

• what are the three main functions of education according to Parsons?


  socialisation, economic and selection
• what is the difference between setting and streaming?

  setting - is subject specific. streaming - across all subjects
• who argued that working class parents have lower aspirations for their children?

  douglas
• what are the three main external factors which led to difference in educational achievement according to class?

  non conformity to school rules, negative attitude to teachers and lower educational achievement
• who is associated with the principle of the correspondance principle?


  Bowles & Gintis
• what are the 5 male subcultures according to Mac and Ghaill?

  academic achievers, macho lads, new enterprises, real englishmen and gay students
• which government policy introduced the national curriculum?


  1988 educational reform act
• what are the two main internal factors influencing subject choice?

  gendered subject image and peer pressure
• which perspective suggests that the government should make more opportunities for society to be more equal and merocratic?


  social democratic perspective
• what was the purpose of the new labour policy?


  to prevent young people from joining the ranks of the unemployed after leaving school
• what are the four internal factors which affect differential educational achievement?

  labelling, self fulfilling prophecy, streaming and subcultures
• what phrase does Althusser use to describe institution such as education?


  ideological status apparatus
• who argues that education doesn't sift and sort but rather leads to cultural reproduction?

  Bourieu
• who suggests that there needs to be greater focus on vocational education so that students are more prepared for the world of work?

  new right
• what is the term used to refer to parents having more choice over which school to send their children to?

  parentocracy
• what is meant by the educational triage?


  categorising students into who will achieve anyway, hopeless cases and students who require attention and input