10 Marker

Question 1

Point/ topic sentence 1

Answer 1

One way in which the education system might serve the needs of capitalism is by mirroring the workplace within a school in order to prepare each generation for working in a capitalist economy.

As stated in item A, capitalism continues because each generation of workers are ‘forced to undertake low paid and alienating work

Question 2

Point 1:

Answer 2

Bowles and Gintist suggest that there was a ‘correspondence principle’ between the education system and the workplace, in which pupil’s school experience mirror the proletariat worker to prepare them for alienating and low paid work

Question 3

Example 1

Answer 3

for example, the hierarchical structure of the education system such as the authoritarian nature of headteachers and teachers resembles the workplace in which employees have to passively respect their authority without question.

Question 4

Explanation 1

Answer 4

Therefore, because pupils are taught throughout their education not to question authority, they arrive in the workplace ready to be oppressed without challenging their oppression

Question 5

Evaluation 1

Answer 5

However, the view is criticised by postmodernists that in today’s economy there is no need for passive workers who can do alienating jobs due to diversity and fragmentation of the economy due to the need for different workers who can apply specialist knowledge and skills to a variety of subjects.

Question 6

Topic sentence 2

Answer 6

Another way in which the education system might serve the needs of capitalism is by reproducing ideology. As stated in item A, capitalism is potentially unstable since it depends on the proletarian not overthrowing the bourgeoisie and the unequal system they rule.

Question 7

Point 2

Answer 7

Althusser believed that the education system was a form of an ideological state apparatus, which reproduce the ideology that society is equal and not based on the exploitation of the proletariat

Question 8

Example 2

Answer 8

or example education system reproduces and legitimise the ideology that it is equal by using meritocratic tests to determine pupils’ capabilities, which then makes the proletariat pupils belie that educational success is innate and that everybody has the abilities and opportunities to succeed through meritocratic effort such as trying hard in school and getting a good job.

Question 9

Explanation 2

Answer 9

Therefore, the proletariat continues to believe the system is equal thus not feeling the need to overthrow it which protects the stability and safety of capitalism.

Question 10

Analysis 2

Answer 10

However, this view is criticised by functionalist who believes that inequality in the education system is not only inevitable but also required to find the most capable people for the most important jobs in society