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Role and Function of education
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- 1Secondary SocialisationThe socialisation that occurs outside of the home/ family. We learn norms, values and behaviour appropriate to our society
- 2Social SolidarityA feeling of unity and belonging based on shared beliefs and values
- 3Specialised Division of LabourSpecial skills for one specific job in the labour market
- 4MeritocracyEffort + Ability = Reward. People receive rewards such as higher pay or promotion on the basis of merit or ability
- 5Value ConsensusAn agreement over basic morals and values of society
- 6Particularistic ValuesChildren are judged according to parents against themselves alone
- 7Universalistic valuesValues are applied to everyone. Schools help with this transition
- 8Ideological State ApparatusA means to transmit the ruling class ideology
Mass media, Education and the Church - 9False Class ConsciousnessMembers of the working class see their position as normal, natural and inevitable. They fail to recognise the true nature of their situation
- 10Ideological State ControlEffective means of maintaining class rule. Controlling somebody's ideas
- 11Correspondence principleHow education corresponds to the workplace
- 12Intrinsic SatisfactionGoing into a job because doing the job is the reward
ie a teacher - 13Extrinsic SatisfactionGoing into a job for other reasons
ie for the pay - 14Myth of MeritocracyMarxist ideas that meritocracy does not and can't exist in a capitalist system. There will always be an advantage for the ruling class
- 15Counter- school cultureGroups that have anti-school norms and values. Examples include;
Lads and Ladettes - 16Hidden CurriculumThings that are not directly taught in lessons. Ideas and beliefs are transmitted through teachers
- 17PatriarchyA social system in which men have all the power
- 18Gender SocialisationThe idea that girls and boys are socialised differently into different traditional gender roles
- 19Reserve Army of LabourAn extra labour force that is brought in during economic growth and thrown out in down turn
- 20Compensatory EducationSpecial measures that aim to create a level playing field for those who are disadvantaged
- 21Marketisation of EducationThe school system is being bought and sold on the free market. There diversity in the types of schools to do so.
eg chains and different types of schools (specialist schools, free schools and academies) - 22ParentocracyParents have the choice over their children can be educated
- 23DeschoolingGetting rid of schools and formal systems/ institutions of education
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