Collins argues that functionalist approaches fail to recognize conflicts of interest between social groups. His "Weberian" approach, based on Weber's conflict theory, sees social stratification as the result of ongoing conflicts between economic, political, and cultural groups. Collins identifies three models of education - practical, status-group, and bureaucratic. Status-group education conveys cultural membership through rituals and determines legitimate knowledge. Bureaucratic education is rule-based, hierarchical, and uses credentials to determine status.

1. Randall Collins Conflict theory Social transmission and reproduction Educational stratification

2. What, according to Collins, are the weaknesses of the Functionalist approach?

3. How does the “Marxist” approach differ from the Functionalist approach?

4. Collins calls his approach Weberian” What does he mean by that term?

5. Max Weber Social stratification results from conflicts between and among interest groups Economic (class) Political (party) Cultural (status groups)

6. Collins calls his approach Weberian” What does he mean by that term?

7. Collins identifies 3 models of education Practical This is closest to the Marxian view that education meets the economic/labor needs of society. (class stratification) Status Group Ritual and ceremony convey membership in a cultural group. Group determines what is legitimate knowledge and who belongs Pierre Bourdieu’s “Cultural Capital” Bureaucratic Rules and regulations, impersonal, objective, specialization, hierarchical, technical rational Credentials determine status and role

8. What is “status-group” education?

9. What is “status-group” education?

10. Why is are educational institutions frequently “bureaucratic”?

11. What are the three demands for education that Collins sees as part of a cultural market

12. What are the three demands for education that Collins sees as part of a cultural market