Pre exam Education sociologists

________________ argues that the cultural capital  of upper and middle class families is regarded as superior.

• Willis

• Bourdieu 

____________ argues that middle class mothers better understood how the school system  worked and how to help their children succeed.

• Ball

• Diane Reay

____________ found that the top band of students were ‘warmed up’ (praised, worked hard) and did well, the lower band were ‘ cooled down’ (expectations lowered and didn't work well).

• Sue Sharpe

• Ball

______________ argues that teachers hold ideas in their heads of what an ‘ideal’ pupil is like - this is a middle class pupil.

• Parsons

• Becker

_________________ argues that correspondence theory is where  the main function of education is to produce labour power. 

• Parsons

• Bowles and Gintis

________________ (Functionalist) argues the role of education is making  children into good members of society and passing on appropriate norms and values. 

• Sue Lees

• Emile Durkheim

______________ found that a double standard of morality exists between boys and girls.

• Stephen Ball

• Sue Lees

 ______________ argues that Asian children  may be excluded from classroom discussions due to teachers' assumptions about their level of English

• Stephen Ball

• Cecile White

______________ states that boys are more likely to form anti school subcultures than girls.

• Bourdieu

• Paul Willis

______________ argues that the working class prefer immediate gratification and therefore leave school as early while the middle class prefer deferred gratification (go to uni).

• Ball

• Sugarman