Approaches
Education is an ideological state apparatus
Marxist
The structure of the workplace correspondence to the structure of the education system
The term for moving up or down in class status
Social Mobility
Lacking cultural resources that could help you succeed
Cultural Deprivation
Deck the Halls with boughs of holly...
Fa La La La La La La La La
Education sorts the best students into the most important jobs
Functionalist
This sociologist studied elaborated and restricted speech codes
Bernstein
This sociologist argued against IQ tests, claiming their are multiple types of intelligences that IQ tests do not test
Gardner
Lacking physical resources that would help you succeed
Material Deprivation
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas...
It's the best time of the year
Schools should be privatized to increase competition
New Right
People who are gifted intellectually are directed towards roles that offer the highest rewards in income, status, and power
Davis and Moore
The Ethnocentric Curriculum
A situation in which males and females choose or are given different subjects to study
Gendered Curriculum
Oh, Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel...
I made it out of clay
Similar to another view, but adds consent
Neo-Marxist
This sociologist studied parents in Fiji and how they pushed their kids to succeed
Otsuka
This sociologist argued that there are many factors that can affect how you do on tests; hunger, mental health, and experience with taking tests are just a few
Kaplan
The idea that you will probably end up in the same class as your parents due to the education system
Cultural Reproduction
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas...
Just like the ones I used to know
This approach is criticized as being "Left Functionalist"
Marxist
This sociologist listed factors that could influence cultural capital and cultural deprivation
Douglas
Sorry, middle and working class, the upper class does better in education because they are simply smarter--claims this sociologist
Saunders
These schools are individualized, an alternative to traditional schools, and do not teach reading or writing until later years
Steiner Schools
You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch...
You're hearts an empty hole