Marxism Flashcards
What does education transmit? Althusser
The myth of meritocracy
What does the myth of meritocracy disguise? Althusser
The reality of the stratification system:those born into ruling-class or middle class backgrounds are likelier to achieve
How do the bourgeoise control using the hidden curiculum? Althusser
-the WC are trained to be an obedient and docile workforce
How does the bourgeoise benefit from cultural capital? Althusser
-the MC benefit from education being a MC system
How are WC people affected by material deprivation? Althusser
-the working classes cannot afford the same quality or schools
What does the myth of meritocracy ensure? Althusser
The WC blame themselves for the barriers they may be facing
How is the hidden curriculum transmitted? Bowles and Gintis
-hierarchy
-extrinsic rewards
-conformity
-competition
-docile dreamers
What is success linked to? bowles and Gintis
conformity rather than academic ability
-explains why white middle class students tend to do better
Evaluations for bowles and gintis?
x-willis-too deterministic sees pupils as passive products of the education system
x-functionalists believe the school system isnt as corrupt as marxists think
What was the premise of willis’ learning to labour study?
-studied ant-school subculture of WC boys
-wc boys didn’t value education,saw it as unecessary for manual jobs
-wc boys didn’t respect authority and didn’t do school work,skipped class
What are ‘lads’ and ‘earoles’ willis
earoles-followed school rules
lads-didn’t respect the education system
Evaluation for Willis?
x-consisted of 12 boys,sample size was small can’t be representative of all working class people
x-only concentrated on white working class males
-his approach to research has been repeated in many studies
