Marxism

Question 0

What did Bowles and Gintis say about education?

Answer 0

• Creates the illusion of a meritocracy
• Creates a false class consciousness: your achievements and failures are all your own
• Correspondence principle: structures within schools mirror those in work

Question 1

What does Althuser say about education?

Answer 1

• Ideological state apparatus used to control the working class
• Legitimates social class inequalities
• National curriculum feeds students dominant ideology
• Reproduces social class inequalities by failing working class students

Question 2

What are the structures of the correspondence principle?

Answer 2

• Acceptance of hierarchies: principal = boss
• Moulding of subservient workers: reward passivity/conformity & punish rebellion
• Working for external rewards: good grades = money & excepting dull work without challenging it

Question 3

What did Willis discover about education for boys?

Answer 3

• Counter-school subcultures prepare boys for shop-floor culture: fail education & live a life doing low paid labour
• Actively rebelled to prepare themselves to do work like their fathers: became the victims of capitalism