Theories of Education

Which of these functionalists theorists do not mention the role of education?

• Parsons

• Durkheim

• Murdock

• Davis and Moore

The term used to describe everyone agreeing on the same core beliefs is:

• A value consensus

• Hidden Curriculum

• Meritocracy

• Myth of meritocracy

The term used to describe everyone having equal opportunities to succeed is:

• Social Solidarity

• Meritocracy

• Compensatory Education

• Value Consensus

According to Parsons, what types of standard are learnt through the family?

• Universalistic

• Hidden Curriculum

• Social Solidarity

• Particularistic

According to Marxist Althusser, teachers form part of the:

• Law

• Repressive State Apparatus

• Ideological State Apparatus

• Police

According to Althusser, what is responsible for controlling the hearts and the minds of the working class?

• Hidden Curriculum

• Their own minds

• Classmates

• Formal Curriculum

The key term associated with Bowles and Gintis is:

• Role Allocation

• The Correspondence Principle

• Social Solidarity

• Meritocracy

According to feminists, the curriculum is:

• Hidden

• Patriarchal

• Equal

• Formal

Lobban believes that the main reason why education reinforces patriarchal values is down to:

• The hidden curriculum

• Subject choices

• The teachers

• Children's books

Postmodernists believe that education should be based on:

• A value consensus

• Inequality

• Flexibility and Choice

• Exploitation