All Marxist/Neo-Marxist Education Studies Flashcards
For this, Marxists and Neo-Marxists are the same. 15.12.24
What did Bowles and Gintis say was the function of the hidden curriculum?
It acted to make working class children prepared for low status jobs
Which Neo-Marxists said meritocracy was a myth?
Bowles and Gintis
According to Bowles and Gintis, who will working class students blame for their failure?
They will blame themselves
What would Bowles and Gintis argue the working class students should blame for their failure instead?
Capitalism
What did Althusser say the education system acted as?
Ideological state apparatus
What is ideological state apparatus?
Sections of society that enforce ruling class norms and values
According to Althusser, what is hegemony?
The process through which people are socialised into ruling class norms and values
Which Neo-Marxist argued cultural capital was essential to educational success?
Bourdieu
Name 2 things that give people cultural capital
Having lots of books in their house, Going to museums
According to Bourdieu, how does cultural capital benefit students in school?
They are better at communicating with teachers
Which social class of pupils are more likely to have cultural capital?
Middle class students
How did Bourne add on to Bourdieu’s theory?
Said it was also important to consider the education of students’ parents
What did Bourne say about the attainment and upbringing of parents in relation to privilege?
Privilege breeds privilege
Who studied the lads?
Willis
What was the social class of the lads?
Working class
How did the lads act in lessons?
They misbehaved
What did the lads call their misbehaviour in lessons?
Having a “laff”
Name 2 behaviours of the lads in their lessons
Not listening to the teacher, not doing their work
Why did the lads act in a deviant way?
To prepare for the mundane life of working in a factory
Who were the lads’ role models? What jobs did they have?
Their fathers, they worked in a factory
What did Willis find in the 6 months of observing the lads in their factory jobs?
They continued to be deviant
How did the children in Archer’s study feel in terms of status?
They felt they had very little status
In Archer’s study, what identity did the children create for themselves?
Nike identities
Why did the students in Archer’s study make Nike identities?
To feel like they had value
What did the nike identities lead to with teachers?
Teachers told them off
What did Archer say was created by the Nike identities being negatively received by the education system?
It reproduced class inequalities
What did Sugarman say?
Working class students were socialised into different norms than middle class students
According to Sugarman, what does the value of immediate gratification mean for working class students?
They will only want instant rewards rather than working hard to get rewards
According to Sugarman, what is the value of Fatalism?
Working class people are told to accept their class situation and think they cannot change it
Which Neo-Marxist said there were language codes separating middle class and working class students?
Bernstein
What is the elaborated code?
The technical way of speaking
What is the restricted code?
The less technical way of speaking
Who did Bernstein say will speak in restricted code mostly?
Working class students
What code did Bernstein say schools talk in?
Elaborated code
According to Bernstein, what will it mean if working class students and the education system use different language codes?
Working class students will be more likely to fail
