education

• correspondence principle: the sociological principle that schools correspond to (or reflect) the social structure of their society Bowles and Gintis (Marxist)
• durkheim: the functionalist sociologist that argued the main functions of the education system are to create social solidarity and teach individuals the norms and values of society.
• parsons: the functionalist sociologist that argued the main functions of the education system is to allocate individuals to their appropriate roles in society
• paul willis: the marxist sociologist interested in researching the impacts of social class on the failure of working-class males in education. he argued that cultural deprivation resulted in poor attitudes towards education that resulted in poor educational outcomes.
• ball: the interactionist sociologist interested in researching the in school factors, such setting and streaming. he argued that these in school factors negatively impacted both disadvantaged students and the most able
• halesy: the sociologists interested in researching the impacts of social class on educational outcomes of pupils. these sociologists used a longitudinal study and discovered working class pupils were significantly less likely to both stay in education until the age of 16 and attend university
• bowles and gintis: the marxist sociologis interested in researching the correspondance principle within education. this sociologist argued that the main function of education was to prepare individuals for the exploitation that existed in the capitalist workforce
• ball and gerwitz: the sociologists interested in researching the impacts of marketisation in education. these sociologists argued that this marketisation negatively impacted the most disadvantaged pupils and created a culture of results within schools
• evaluation of bowles and gintis - too deterministic, marxists assume that all individuals accept capitalistic values taught in school. another reason is that not all education is pro capitalism eg sociology.
• evaluation of paul willis - small scale research, willis only researched one group of working class boys. this research cannot be generalised/is not representative.
• evaluation of halsey - could be argued to be outdated and it excluded females.
• evaluation of marx - social mobility