Education - Marxism

Question 1

Althusser explanation

Answer 1

Education is an ideological state of apparatus(a two years by the government city drilling class ideas like capitalism is good or the only option)
Education ensures each generation is capitalism as inevitable and functional
Education socialise also to accept social inequality through the hidden curriculum

Question 2

Althusser usefulness

Answer 2

He explains why we are taught no other alternative to capitalism because educations role is the teachers capitalism is good or the only option

Question 3

Althusser evaluation

Answer 3

Heidenson
Notes that the theory is Malestream they can’t see that education socialise us into sexist ideology that disadvantageous women

Question 4

Bowles and ginths explanation

Answer 4

Education is about transmitting good worker attitude
Capitalism requires a passive and docile workforce that will accept low, skilled and low payjob
It is in education where student submit to authority and tolerate boredom

Question 5

Bowles and gintis usefulness

Answer 5

You can explain why we have a new revolution because educational has made us passive and docile

Question 6

Bowles and gintis
Evaluation

Answer 6

Paul and Willis
working class boys are not passive and docile working class groups fail because they reject education

Question 7

Bourdieu

Answer 7

Middle class have cultural capital(advantage ) their norms(unwritten rules) values and their knowledge gives their children an educational advantage
Working class groups are subject to symbolic violence where their culture (language and values) they are belittled and devalued

Question 8

Bourdieu usefulness

Answer 8

Can explain why working class groups might not engage in lessons as they have experienced symbolic violence

Question 9

Bourdieu eval

Answer 9

Gerwitz
The middle class children are successful as they have both cultural and economic capital
he neglect material factors

Question 10

Finn and Cohen

Answer 10

Found that vocational course to be overconcentrated with pupils from working class an ethnic minority backgrounds
The only skills developed were relevant to pay jobs and had low prospects of advancements

Question 11

Finn and Cohen usefulness

Answer 11

Explain why some vocational courses are undervalued and tend to be over concentrated with working class students

Question 12

FINN and Cohen evaluation

Answer 12

Chubb and moe
Argue that market forces and businesses needs must be considered by education to ensure the young people are employable