Education - TOPICS 1-5 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

who argues meritocracy is a myth?

Bowels and gintis

Who believes education is meritocratic?

functionalists and new right

Define meritocracy

What are postmodern views about society?

society is chaotic and fragmented

what is the correspondance principle?

what is the hidden currciulum?

what are the 2 key roles of education according to marxism

legitimising and reproducing inequality

what are the 2 key roles of education according to functionalism

teaching specialist skills and social solidarity

What is intersectionality

Looking at Ethnicity in context with Gender and Class

Who are Model Minorities

Students who succeed despite their setbacks due to being EMS

What is an Ethocentric Curriculum

A curriculum that reflects the culture of one ethic group -usually the dominant one.

How can Fuller's study be used to criticise labelling?

Year 11 black girls, found they rejected their label and succeeded despite teacher racism

What are the 3 types of pupil identities identified by Archer

Ideal, pathologised, demonised

Who found that teachers were quicker to discipline black students

Gillborn and Youdell

PALMER - What amount of EM children live in low income houseing

50%

Who found that cultural Deprivation theories ignore positives of being an EM, E.g. Black Caribbean girls have strong roll models to look up to

Driver

Who said that Ethnic Minorites saw education as a “way up” socially

Lupton

What did Lupton find about authority in Asian households

Adult authority in Asian families is similar to the model used in schools

Which sociologists argued black pupils are less resistant to racism

Pryce

Who said that Indian Pupils do well despite oftern having English as a second language

Gillborn and Mirza

Bertier and Englemann said what about low income black families?

language spoken by low income black American families is seen as inadequate for educational success

Accoridng to Evans who thinks they won’t “fit in” at top unis?

W/C girs from south london which leads to self exclusion

What are Nike identities

where student find their identity and symbolic capital through Brands and reject educational capital

Which sociologist discussed Nike identities?

Archer

What did Woods find about pupils responses to streaming? [all 4 responses]

1. ritualism, 2. retreatism, 3. ingratiation, 4. rebellion

What is polarisation?

One of 2 extremes - pro or anti school

Which sociologists discussed 'polarisation'

Lacey

Which sociologists coined the term 'A-C economy'

Gillborn and Youdell

Define streaming

Putting children into ability groups. Each class is then taught separately and can lead to an SFP

Who did the study into 'spurter's

Rosenthal and Jacobsen

Define self fulfilling prophecy

A prediction that comes true simply because it has been made. A label may become true because the student internalises it.

What did Rist's study show?

teacher labelling of different social classes impacting educational achievement

Who is the father of labelling

Becker

Define labelling

Assigning a stereotype/meaning/definition to an individual that e.g. labelling a student as bright or trouble maker

Define cultural deprivation

lacking cultural equipment to do well

One way in which m/c are advantaged in schools?

elaborated code, adequate socialisation, material resources

which sociologist found that high parental education was biggest factor in student achievement?

Feinstein

how do parenting styles differ across social groups?

m/c = consistent discipline, w/c = harsher discipline

What percentage of university applicants are white?

30%

Flaherty identified what percentage of FSM eligable students took this up?

20%

how can cold or damp conditions affect w/c underachievement?

can lead to ill health = absences = missed work

who proposed the myth of cultural deprivation?

Keddie

example of how the 3 types of capitals can be converted into one another?

cultural e.g. visiting museums = education - doing better in school = economic - higher paid jobs

What did Howard identify about w/c students?

were nutritionally deprived

What are the 4 key beliefs identified by sugarman?

fatalism, collectivism, immediate gratification and present time orientation

What are two ways in which middle class parents able to socialise their children more positivley towards education (Feinstein)

parenting style, educational behaviours, use of income, parents own education

Callendar and Jackson found what about w/c attitude to uni?

Debt averse - saw it as negative and something to avoid

What is cultural capital?

Knowledge, attitudes, values, languages, tastes and abilities of the middle class

How may a working class student be materially deprived

Housing, diet/health, finances, cost of education, fear of debt

How do Blackstone and Mortimore critisise the idea that working class parents do not care about education

They work longer hours, put off by middle class atmosphere, lack of knowledge

Name a compensatory education programme:

Operation head start in US, sesame street, sure start

Name TW0 of Sugarman's’ working class barriers to educational success:

Fatalism, collectivism, immediate gratification, present-time orientation

What is a subculture?

A group whose attitudes and values differ from mainstream values

According to Douglas, what are working-class parents attitude to education?

Less ambitious, less encouragement, less interest, not aware of pupils progress

What is restricted code and who is it used by?

Limited vocab, restricted grammar, simple sentences, working class

What are the two types of speech codes according to Bernstein?

Restricted and elaborated

What positive role models might girls have in schools??

female teachers particularly those in high positions of power

Explain one impact of globalisation and loss of traditional mens jobs

lack of self esteem

What did Sharpe find in her research?

saw a shift in how girls see their future between 1970s and 1990s

Evans argued w/c girls want to fo to university because ....

to increase their earning power and help their families.

What did Elwood argue about coursework?

t cannot be the only influence on the gender gap because exams have more influence on the final grade

What policies have been introduced to improve boys achievement

National literacy strategy/reading champions

What did Reay find about working class girls?

they have limited aspirations due to the limited opportunities presented to them

One internal factor impacting boys educational achievment - EXPLAIN

laddish subcultures/feminisation of education/lack of male primary school teachers

What internal factor does Weiner argue has positivley impacted girls achievements?

challenging stereotypes and removal of sexist images from textbooks

Slee argued boys are how many times more likely to be excluded?

4x

Liberal feminist views on gender and educational achievment

Equal opportunity policies have helped girls

One equal opportunity policy positivley impacting girls?

WISE/GIST

What are the three types of identities Archer identified - (girls)

hyper heterosexualised identity, being loud, having a boyfriend

Mitsos and Browne argued decline in traditional mens jobs have led to what?

Identity crisis for men

One negative method of teachers impacting boys achievement

Francis - boys disciplined more harshly

McRobbie researched what to investigate changing attitudes of women

Magazines

Define glass ceiling

invisible barrier which keeps women out of managerial jobs

One legislation which decreased inequalities between genders

Equal pay act

Sewell identified 4 responses of boys to school - name one

the rebels, conformists, retreastists, innovators

Who did Fuller research who he identified as untypical

group of year 11 black girls as they were high achievers

One reason for why boys have poorer language and literacy skills

mothers spend less time reading to sons, reading as feminine activity, boys leisure pursuits don't develop language