Sociological perspectives on education

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Who said education serves the function of specialist
skills, social solidarity and preparation for work?
Functionalism
Emile Durkheim
Who said education acts as a bridge to wider society
and teaches meritocracy?
 
Talcott Parsons
Who said inequality is necessary as education
sifts and sorts those who have talent into rewarding
positions and tosses away those without? (Role Allocation)
 
Davis and Moore
What two sociologists argued for decreased state control
over education, increased privatisation, and increased
parental choice to improve education quality?
New Right
Chubb and Moe
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Who said that education acts as an ideological state
apparatus and teaches students that inequality is inevitable?
Marxism
Althusser
Who argued that the education system rewards submission
and compliance, punishes deviation and provides a
correspondence principle which is taught through the hidden
curriculum?
 
Bowles and Gintis
Who said meritocracy was a myth which justifies the
privilege of the ruling class?
 
Bowles and Gintis
What interactionist marxist said that the w/c don't passively
conform to the myth of meritocracy but reject it (lads)?
 
Willis
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