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Education - TOPICS 1-5

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  • PALMER - What amount of EM children live in low income houseing
    50%
  • Explain one impact of globalisation and loss of traditional mens jobs
    lack of self esteem
  • Who believes education is meritocratic?
    functionalists and new right
  • Define meritocracy
  • Which sociologist discussed Nike identities?
    Archer
  • Who said that Ethnic Minorites saw education as a “way up” socially
    Lupton
  • who argues meritocracy is a myth?
    Bowels and gintis
  • How may a working class student be materially deprived
    Housing, diet/health, finances, cost of education, fear of debt
  • Flaherty identified what percentage of FSM eligable students took this up?
    20%
  • What did Reay find about working class girls?
    they have limited aspirations due to the limited opportunities presented to them
  • Who is the father of labelling
    Becker
  • Who found that teachers were quicker to discipline black students
    Gillborn and Youdell
  • What is restricted code and who is it used by?
    Limited vocab, restricted grammar, simple sentences, working class
  • which sociologist found that high parental education was biggest factor in student achievement?
    Feinstein
  • what is the hidden currciulum?
  • what are the 2 key roles of education according to functionalism
    teaching specialist skills and social solidarity
  • Mitsos and Browne argued decline in traditional mens jobs have led to what?
    Identity crisis for men
  • What did Lupton find about authority in Asian households
    Adult authority in Asian families is similar to the model used in schools
  • Which sociologists coined the term 'A-C economy'
    Gillborn and Youdell
  • What percentage of university applicants are white?
    30%
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Which sociologists argued black pupils are less resistant to racism
    Pryce
  • Define labelling
    Assigning a stereotype/meaning/definition to an individual that e.g. labelling a student as bright or trouble maker
  • what are the 2 key roles of education according to marxism
    legitimising and reproducing inequality
  • Define glass ceiling
    invisible barrier which keeps women out of managerial jobs
  • 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
  • Liberal feminist views on gender and educational achievment
    Equal opportunity policies have helped girls
  • 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
  • Name TW0 of Sugarman's’ working class barriers to educational success:
    Fatalism, collectivism, immediate gratification, present-time orientation
  • Name a compensatory education programme:
    Operation head start in US, sesame street, sure start
  • Evans argued w/c girls want to fo to university because ....
    to increase their earning power and help their families.
  • One legislation which decreased inequalities between genders
    Equal pay act
  • What did Sharpe find in her research?
    saw a shift in how girls see their future between 1970s and 1990s
  • 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.
  • Who said that Indian Pupils do well despite oftern having English as a second language
    Gillborn and Mirza
  • who proposed the myth of cultural deprivation?
    Keddie
  • Define cultural deprivation
    lacking cultural equipment to do well
  • 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 is intersectionality
    Looking at Ethnicity in context with Gender and Class
  • What did Rist's study show?
    teacher labelling of different social classes impacting educational achievement
  • What is an Ethocentric Curriculum
    A curriculum that reflects the culture of one ethic group -usually the dominant one.
  • McRobbie researched what to investigate changing attitudes of women
    Magazines
  • What are Nike identities
    where student find their identity and symbolic capital through Brands and reject educational capital
  • One internal factor impacting boys educational achievment - EXPLAIN
    laddish subcultures/feminisation of education/lack of male primary school teachers
  • What are the 3 types of pupil identities identified by Archer
    Ideal, pathologised, demonised
  • 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 did the study into 'spurter's
    Rosenthal and Jacobsen
  • According to Douglas, what are working-class parents attitude to education?
    Less ambitious, less encouragement, less interest, not aware of pupils progress
  • What are the two types of speech codes according to Bernstein?
    Restricted and elaborated
  • How can Fuller's study be used to criticise labelling?
    Year 11 black girls, found they rejected their label and succeeded despite teacher racism
  • Which sociologists discussed 'polarisation'
    Lacey
  • What are the three types of identities Archer identified - (girls)
    hyper heterosexualised identity, being loud, having a boyfriend
  • What are postmodern views about society?
    society is chaotic and fragmented
  • how can cold or damp conditions affect w/c underachievement?
    can lead to ill health = absences = missed work
  • What positive role models might girls have in schools??
    female teachers particularly those in high positions of power
  • What policies have been introduced to improve boys achievement
    National literacy strategy/reading champions
  • One negative method of teachers impacting boys achievement
    Francis - boys disciplined more harshly
  • What are the 4 key beliefs identified by sugarman?
    fatalism, collectivism, immediate gratification and present time orientation
  • One way in which m/c are advantaged in schools?
    elaborated code, adequate socialisation, material resources
  • What is polarisation?
    One of 2 extremes - pro or anti school
  • What is cultural capital?
    Knowledge, attitudes, values, languages, tastes and abilities of the middle class
  • Define streaming
    Putting children into ability groups. Each class is then taught separately and can lead to an SFP
  • 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 is the correspondance principle?
  • Who are Model Minorities
    Students who succeed despite their setbacks due to being EMS
  • 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
  • Callendar and Jackson found what about w/c attitude to uni?
    Debt averse - saw it as negative and something to avoid
  • What is a subculture?
    A group whose attitudes and values differ from mainstream values
  • 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
  • What did Woods find about pupils responses to streaming? [all 4 responses]
    1. ritualism, 2. retreatism, 3. ingratiation, 4. rebellion
  • One equal opportunity policy positivley impacting girls?
    WISE/GIST
  • how do parenting styles differ across social groups?
    m/c = consistent discipline, w/c = harsher discipline