Key terms
What is the useful analogy that Bowles and Gintis made between schools and work?
Schools mirror work
Carried out the study 'Tearoom Trade'.
Valid
Interpretivist
Questionnaire
Document
Questionnaire
The working class:
- Poor
- Majority
- Sell their labour to the RC
Oppressed or exploited or powerless
REES
Called for the introduction of a market into state education. (Two names here)
John Chubb and Terry Moe
Privileged-skilled choosers
Skilled-local choosers
Semi-skilled choosers
Disconnected-local choosers
Skilled-local choosers
Features of a questionnaire:
- Self-report
- Closed questions
- Postal or email
Collect quantitative data or type of survey
These are the letters that represent the three factors that influence choice of research method.
PET
Came up with the term 'Triple Shift'. (two names)
Dunscombe and Marsden
Control over bodies
Control over space
Control over education
Control over time
Control over resources
Control over education
Specialist skills
Social solidarity
Acts as a bridge
Role allocation
(Functionalist view of the role of education)
The term used to remind us of the 5 ways in which families may be diverse according to the Rapoports.
CLOGS
Argued that childhood has become 'toxic'.
Sue Palmer
Reliable
Subjective
Structured interviews
Positivist
Subjective
Change in the law
Declining stigma and changing attitudes
Secularisation
Rising expectations of marriage
Women's increased financial independence
Conflict in marriages due to dual burden and triple shift
Individualistic attitudes
(Reasons for rise in divorce)
The difference between Demand Characteristics and the Hawthorne Effect.
DC is when the participant picks up on cues or signals in a study that conveys what is expected of them, so they act accordingly
HE is when the participant changes their behaviour because they are aware that they are being observed
Argued that the withholding of symbolic capital was a form of symbolic violence.
Bourdieu
Smart
Giddens
Beck
Stacey
Smart
Compulsory schooling
Growth of idea of children's rights
Laws restricting child labour
Child protection and welfare legislation
Declining family size and lower infant mortality rates
Children's development becoming the subject of medical knowledge
(Why has childhood improve)