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Sociology Paper 1
Marxism
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Illich
Education system is a reproduction of inequality, sees schools as repressive, promoting conformity and passivity. Suggests abolishing schools (deschooling)
Bowels and Gintis
correspondence principle, schools' reproduction of the existing class structure through socializing students to embrace their social class position
Functionalism
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Durkheim
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Teaches children to abide by social norms,
Evaluating Durkheim
Related to this, modern economies are no longer based on assembly lines (as they were when Durkheim was writing)
-> t/f the ed system Durkheim describes doesn’t suit a modern economy
Hargreaves (1982) ed system encourages individualism and competition, rather than social solidarity
Birdwell et al (2011): students interested in vocational occupations are largely ignored by the ed system, which is focused on academic pupils; vocational courses offered are often poor quality
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Out factors
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Language barriers
Study found that Pakistani and Bangladeshi parents were more likely to avoid schools and 'let the professionals do their job'
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