Education: Marxist Flashcards
1
Q
What do Marxist believe issues are with education?
A
Louis Althusser sees the role of education as a way to promote capitalist values.
They also argue that working class children are given less opportunities.
And that it is designed to keep class division.
2
Q
What did Bowles and Ginitis believe?
A
They believed that schools reward conformity over intelligence and achievement.
In US high schools they found that the best grades went to hard,working opponent children rather than creative, independent ones.
3
Q
What do the Marxist think of New Vocationlism?
A
They are critical of this as they believe it is legitimizing class division because they promote that m/c get education whilst the w/c receive training.
