Neo-Functionalism Perspective on Education

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Nur Syahirah
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12th Grade
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Multiple Choice
What is meritocracy?
Political theory that advocates technocratic and meritocracy solutions to the problem of differential educational achievement.
System where schools are open to all children, regardless of their ability to pay, where they live or prior educational achievement.
System based on equality of opportunity; those with ability and talent achieve their rewards regardless of their social characteristics.
The knowledge and skills required for specific types of employment.
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Multiple Choice
What does the term ‘cultural capital’ mean?
Anything in the individual's cultural background that gives them advantages over others.
Extent to which people are connected to social networks and how this can be used to the individual's advantage.
A term used to refer to a person or group's accumulated status within a stratified society.
Refers to the beliefs that people hold about reality, the norms that guide their behavior, the values that orient their moral commitments, or the symbols through which these beliefs, norms, and values are communicated.
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Multiple Choice
How is social mobility related to education, according to Saunders (1996)?
An individual has better chances at getting a high position job if they come from a wealthy background.
The lower class will not be able to climb the social class.
It reflects the life decisions of various individuals and groups.
The upper class will still maintain at the top even if they fail.
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Fill in the Blank
The relation between _____________ and education, suggested by the neo-functionalists, is where individual choices are the key to mobility through education, schools should be privately owned rather than state controlled. Thus, ensuring that consumers (parents and their children) have the widest possible choice
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Multiple Choice
Murphy (1990) argues that in an education system that provides _________________, differences in achievement are the result of unsuccessful students choosing not to participate.
equality of opportunity
marketisation
cultural capital
social capital
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