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Education: Marxism Flashcards

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What is marxists main belief

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Life is unfair, deal with it and get on

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What era was Karl Marx born into

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1818-1893 Germany
Communist/Capitalist

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What are the 5 problems with capitalism

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Modern work is alienated
Modern work is insecure
Workers get little, capitalists get rich
Capitalism is unstable
Capitalism is bad for capitalists

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What is alienation

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Remove and disconnecting what you do to who you are

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What was Marx’s view in profit

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Capitalists see it as a reward
Profit is the effort of your work force

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What does Marx’s mean by Ideology

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capitalists society believes relate back to economy
evil capitalism, teaches us all to be unfair

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What did Marx want

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Communism, no private property
central control of education
free transport

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Who are the bourgeoisie

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ruling class
owns the mean of production

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Who are the proletariat

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working class
own nothing, sell labour for a wage

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Why is the lego movie a capitalist society

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The bourgeoisie exploit the proletariat, manipulating into alienation of their works and ideologies

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What did Louis Althusser argue

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education produces class inequality by failing success generations of working class
legitimates by training students to believe inequality in inevitable and we deserve our positions

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What is Repressive State Apparatus

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maintain the rule of bourgeoisie by force
police, courts, army

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What is the Ideological State Apparatus

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Maintain bourgeoisie rule by controlling people’s values and beliefs
religion, media, education

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How do schools transmit the ideology that capitalism is reasonable

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work experience to train you to obey and become a proletariat
attitudes toward work

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How do schools prepare students to accept future exploitation

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uniform prepares you

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How does pupils becoming managers and decision makers through qualifications legitimate their power

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more qualifications = more power
creates hierarchy in society

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What did Bordieu think

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Cultural Capital

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What is cultural capital

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cultural - dominance in the education system is based on possession of cultural capital
capital - those who come from middle class have more access to dominant class

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What three things does Cultural capital include

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Habitual
Working class
Middle class

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What is Habitus

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Each social class has its own cultural framework and set ideas

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What are some working class factors

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less disposable income
shop @ luck
work long hours for more labour intensive jobs
public state schools
The mirror, the sun, the daily mail

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What are some middle class factors

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Holidays abroad
shop @ MandS
disposable incomes
savings
private schools
The telegraph, the Times

23
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What did Illic and Freire think

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Reward those who accept school regime with qualifications and those who don’t confirm end up in lower jobs and don’t continue the school line

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What is Hegemony/ Hegemonic control

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Dominance in society of ruling class ideas over other and acceptance and consent to them by the rest of society
control the working class achieved by hegemony

25
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What is Illich and Freires solution

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Abolish schools
deschooling

26
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What did Bowles and Gintis believe

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Capitalism needs an obedient work force who will accept hard work low pay and orders from above
Best way to achieve is to build in from school age.
school is to train not nurture development
individuality is hard

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What are the 6 segments of Bowles and Gintis ideas

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Fragmentation
Levels
Extrinsic reward
Alienation
Competition
Hierarchy

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How is fragmentation in work and schools

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school- forms, classes, friends, sets
work- departments, sectors, work divides

29
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How are levels in school and work

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s- graded sets, higher vs foundation
W- managers, ceo, employees

30
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How are extrinsic rewards in school and work

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s- end of year treat, house points, qualifications
w- pay rise, company car, benefits

31
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How is alienation in school and work

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s- exam season, silent room, no control
w- not team, office, assembly lines

32
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How is competition in school and work

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s- with classmates, siblings, sports
w- other business, internal, against others

33
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How is there hierarchy in school and work

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S- teachers, slt, students
w- ceo, boss, employees

34
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what is the long shadow of work

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always one step behind someone and following something else

35
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Does school operate int he long shadow of work

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yes- set up for interviews, division of work
no- not everyone adapts to educations, hidden curriculum is taught informally

36
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Why do Post modernists criticise marxist theory

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theory is outdated and society is more children centred that in the past
careers advice and 1-1 tutors allow for everyone to be catered

37
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What are two other criticisms of marxism

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deterministic, fate of working class is not set, they have the power to change it
lack of imperial evidence. no school supports, not justified

38
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What do Neo Marxists think

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not just puppets and have elements of free will and choice in our behaviour

39
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What did Paul Willis study

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students can resist attempts to indoctrinate people
12 working men
counter school culture causes rejects in meritocracy
prepare for low skilled jobs
allow capitalism to overtake ideas of society

40
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What would Marxist think the main concept is

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correspondence principle
hidden curriculum is
myth of meritocracy

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What would Neo Marxist think the main concept is

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counter school culture
shop floor cultures
having a laugh

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What would marxist think the relationship between capitalism and education is like

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capitalism directly shapes the content of education and controls behaviour of students

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What would Neo Marxists think the relationship between capitalists and education is

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capitalism shapes society as a whole but groups with education form sub cultures

44
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What is marxist view on pupil behaviour

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pupils conform to rules

45
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What is neo marxist view on pupil behaviour

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some pupils actively rebel

46
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what is marxists view in relationships between school and work

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School creates passive obedient and exploited workers

47
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what is neo marxists view in relationships between school and work

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schools create portly behaved workers but workers who do not rebel against the capitalist system as a whole

48
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what is marxists view on main strengths of capitalism

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analyses overall relationship between education system and capitalist system

49
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what is neo marxists view on main strengths of capitalism

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based on detailed ethnographic research
show subtle understanding of behaviour
does not assume the most pupils confirm

50
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what is marxists view on main weaknesses of capitalism

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based on limited evident
exaggeration of conformity
doesn’t examine positive effects or explore gender inequalities

51
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what is neo marxists view on main weaknesses of capitalism

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dates based on small sample
over simplified subcultures into two types
pro school and anti school
relies on Willis interpretation of boys behaviours

52
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What is an overall summary of Neo marxism

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students should follow rules but are able to decide on how they matter in society
some people choose to fail and you can’t stop that

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