Payne states that impoverished students face inequality at school, insinuating that the school should be responsible for helping to provide for these students so that they can have a better education. Gorski sees that responsibility lies most likely with us, who can aid teachers in offering a hand, as they are underpaid and are not able to do much on their own. The two authors have clashing ideas as to why students are in poverty: Payne believes that the impoverished students are lazy and have their own set of
Sociologists like Cultural deprivation theorists would agree with this statement.They believe that parental interests and attitudes to education influence working class childrens' attainment levels, this can be positive or negative influence.They would argue that children look upon their parents as role models, .When they see their parents act in a negative way regarding rules, school and work, they often follow in their footsteps. This could result in the children developing an Anti-School subculture. Studies do show that the working class do considerably worse than the middle class, in many aspects of education. Children in the middle class are more likely to struggle in school, more likely to underachieve at GCSE level and more likely to be expelled and excluded than middle class students. Cultural deprivation theorists would blame this on the lack of parental guidence and encouragment to succeed in education.
Interpretivists favour this method, as they can get more detailed answers from the pupils. It is a flexible method that allows the interviewer to gain insight into why subcultures develop. This would be good when interviewing pupils from pro and anti-school subcultures, as they can speak about their own experiences, and what is important to them. Unstructured interviews can also be carried out in
Durkheim argues that education system helps to create social solidarity by transmitting society’s culture- its shared belief and culture from one generation to next. He furthermore argues that education teaches individuals the specialist knowledge and skills that they need to play their part in the division of labour. Education is organised on meritocratic principles and rewards pupils’ ability, not their social background. However, functionalist perspective can be criticised as there does not always exist an equal opportunity in education. For example, achievement is greatly influenced by class background rather than ability.
Assess the contribution of Marxism to our understanding of the Role of Education Sociologists argue that Education has different functions amongst society. Functionalists would argue that Education is a good thing and that it prepares younger generations for life in the work place; however Marxists would argue that education justifies social inequality and prepares working class people for working class jobs. Marxists argue that Education creates the ‘Myth of Meritocracy’, where pupils are taught to believe that social mobility is possible in society; however in reality schools are educating working class students for working class jobs. With the exception of a few, education confirms individual’s class of origin as their class of destination. Class inequalities are reproduced and education does not provide a means of social mobility.
2) Explain what is meant by the term ‘meritocracy’. (2 Marks) A social system that gives the greatest power and highest social positions to people with the most ability. Equal opportunity or a system in which rewards are based on achievement/ability or similar. 3) Suggest three criticisms that other sociologists may make of the functionalist view of the education system (6 Marks) One criticism was made by the new right view who are against the idea of Davis and Moore’s theory of the allocation. The new right argue that the state education system fails to prepare young people well enough for work.
The people that would hate a rule change like this one would be teachers and students because many of these politicians don’t see what really is going on is public schools. The second plan that I felt would not be good for lowering the national debt is from the
Some religion in the society has been unable to move with the time, they reject modern education claiming that it is a threat to their beliefs and the way of life.Consequently,the children of such house hold are also deprived the opportunity to study in modern schools and free their minds from conservative ideologies. Such people have made religion to lose its purpose of binding peoples mind to virtues of new learning, innovation and
It can’t be on the roads…New Orleans has some of the worst roads in America. It is my belief that the lottery is not helping our schools and in a way to cover up the real issues, these states are blaming our children of not passing the standardize test that have been mandated by whom? That’s right, the State! So in closing, it is my opinion if the lottery’s purpose is to fund public schools, then that’s what it should do. Stop passing blame to throw off the real issues.
* Rough Draft Engaging Sentence – Schools are the places where kids go to learn and the government has neglected them, so much so that “in 1999 one-quarter of U.S. public schools reported that the condition of at least one of their buildings was inadequate” (140).Michael Moore, the author of “Idiot Nation” believes that policy makers do not pay attention to public schooling systems than they should. In “Idiot Nation” Michael Moore persuasively argues that policy makers of America do not pay enough attention to schooling systems through the use of rhetorical devices, supporting detail and persuasive appeals. Michael Moore uses anecdotes, irony and pathos in order to persuade the reader into believing that the policy makers do not care enough