Education Quiz 2

Which theory suggests that the working class control Education and exploit the ruling class?

• Functionalism

• Conflict theory

• Marxism

• New Right

What does social solidarity mean?

• Feeling part of something bigger or community

• Promoting conformity and accepting existing inequalities

• Spreading bourgeois ideology

• Controlling the masses by force

Who talks about subjects like History helping to build value consensus?

• Durkheim

• Parsons

• Althusser

• Bowles and Gintis

What does the term meritocracy mean?

• People succeed based on their cultural capital

• Selecting students for their future job roles in society

• Spending more on expansion of schools to have better skilled workers

• People succeed based on their merit or abilities

Who came up with the idea of role allocation?

• Durkheim

• Davis and Moore

• Althusser

• Bowles and Gintis

What does the New Right believe about the government's role in education?

• The government should interfere with education

• Schools should be run like a business

• The government should provide equal opportunities in education

• Schools should focus on cultural capital

What does Human Capital Theory focus on?

• Expanding schools to have better skilled workers

• Promoting social change through education

• Controlling the masses through force

• Spending more on education to improve outcomes

Do Bowles and Gintis believe in Meritocracy?

• Yes

• No

• Not mentioned

• Partially

According to Bourdieu, how does education legitimise class inequality?

• Through the impact of cultural capital

• By promoting social change

• By selecting students for future job roles

• By controlling the masses through force

What is the Marxist approach to education?

• Education prepares working-class pupils to accept a life of exploitation

• Education promotes social change and equality

• Education focuses on cultural capital

• Education supports the ruling class