9. EDUCATION - Marxism Flashcards

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MARXIST PERSPECTIVE:
2 class system, bourgeoisie and proletariat.
The education system feeds capitalism.
How?

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Bowles and Ginitis say the system needs obedient attitudes and submissive personalities to make good workers who won’t stand up to authority (and revolt)
Eduction feeds this.

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MARXIST PERSPECTIVE:
Correspondence Principle
Close Parallels between work and school.
Structures in education are similar to work.

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Hidden curriculum - lessons learnt without being taught.

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MARXIST PERSPECTIVE:
The Myth of Meritocracy.
Education legitimises class inequalities, how does it do this?

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By producing ideologies leading pupils into false class consciousness. 
Functionalists say everyone has an equal opportunity to achieve, but do we?
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MARXIST PERSPECTIVE:
WILLIS: Learning to Labour
Willis studied ‘the lads’
What did he find?

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They didn’t passively accept ruling class ideologies, they may resist. 
They see through the ideology of meritocracy and claims wc pupils can achieve too.
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