Role of Education Flashcards

1
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Give three functions of the education system according to functionalists

A

Allocation function

Secondary socialisation

Transmission of skills

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2
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What is meritocracy?

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Everyone has an equal chance to succeed - they can work hard and achieve anything

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Give two problems with the Marxist theory of education

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It assumes that people are passive

Most people are actually aware of the inequalities in education and think they should be fixed

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How are the functionalist and marxist views of education different?

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Marxists believe that the inequality is illegitimate

Functionalists believe that it results in people trying their best

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Why does the New Right argue that schools should be run like businesses?

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Private schools have better results as they are responsible to the parents

Businesses compete with each other for consumers and this raises standards

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Outline the correspondence theory

A

Schools are reflected in the workplace:

Rewarded for boring tasks

Subservience

Hierarchy

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