Consensus and Conflict Theories (AQA A-Level Sociology): Flashcards

View education as serving positive functions for society

Process where education teaches shared values & norms

System where success depends on talent & effort, not background

Sense of belonging to & caring about society

Individual treatment in families based on personal relationships

Same rules & assessment for all students regardless of background

Process directing students to suitable careers based on abilities

Introducing competition & consumer choice into education

View education as reinforcing social inequalities

Knowledge, skills & behaviours middle-class families pass to children

Institutions maintaining capitalism by promoting ruling class values

Lessons taught through school routines, not formal subjects

Similarities between school & workplace expectations/structures

Ideas that maintain male dominance in society

Students select traditionally male/female subjects, not by interest