Sociology family

• Hidden curriculum


  Things you learn that aren't a lesson
• Formal curriculum


  Lessons/subjects you learn
• Social solidarity


  People feeling that they are part of a wide society
• Social cohesion


  When individuals in society are brought together and share the same norms and values
• Meritocracy


  jobs and pay are allocated based on an individual's talent and achievements
• Social mobility


  the idea of people moving "up" or "down" a social hierarchy
• What did Durkheim say relating to functionalist views of education

  There is a need for a diverse range of skills
• What did Parsons say relating to functionalist views of education


  School is a bridge between home life and society
• Proletariat


  working class
• Bourgeoise


  middle/upper class
• Cultural capital


  Cultural knowledge that helps people in education
• Correspondence principle


  that the norms and values pupils learn in school correspond to the norms and values for the workplace
• Myth of meritocracy


  the idea that everyone can achieve whatever goals he or she desires by use of hard work and perseverance.
• What do Bowles and Gintis say relating to the marxist views of education


  "school is deliberately made to be similar to work."
• What does Bourdieu say relating to the marxist views of education?


  "Rich people have more cultural capital and are therefor more likely to succeed whereas the working class fail"
• Feminisation of education


  the increasing dominance of females within the teaching profession
• Patriarchy


  Men-ruled
• Hidden curriculum - feminism

  Girls were depicted in textbooks as cleaners or childcarers
• Social control - feminism

  Society tries to socialise women into traditional roles
• What did Francis say relating to feminist views of education


  "Boys dominate the classroom"
• What did Lees say relating to the feminist views of education


  "Boys were praised for their sexual endeavours whereas girls were judged"
• Independent schools


  Schools that run independently to the government. You normally pay a fee to attend or need a scholarship to go there.
• Private school


  A school run by a non-state organisation (parents have to pay)
• Public school


  A high status and expensive private school
• Comprehensives


  Mixed ability schools
• Academies


  schools which receive their funding directly from central government and are completely independent from local councils and can set their own term dates, admissions policies; staff pay levels and much more
• Grammar schools


  state-funded, academically selective senior schools
• Material deprivation


  Lack of resources. Can affect school performance
• Socialisation


  Learning of norms and values, usually done at a young age
• Parental attitudes


  Can affect children's performance at school negatively or positively. eg: a parent that doesnt care about school is most likely to carry these views to their child
• Hidden Curriculum


  the informal teaching done in schools that socializes children to societal norms, can be done through pictures seen in textbooks
• Labelling


  A child is labelled as good and studious = do well, a child is named as bad and inturupted = do worse
• Self fuffiling prophecy


  When a child is labelled negatively or positively by their peers and justifies the label
• Streaming and setting


  Putting students into sets based on their ability
• Mixed ability


  Students of different abilities are taught together
• Subcultures


  A group with different norms, values. Eg: anti-school subculture = hate for school
• What is Ball's beachside comprehensives?

  Investigation on why working class people did worse at school
• What did Bourdieu say about cultural capital

  Students with richer parents are more likely to have more cultural capital then others
• What did Bernstein say about language codes?

  Elaborate code = Upper class

  Slang = Lower class
• What did willis do about subcultures?

  He did an investigation on a few boys and they had an anti school subculture