Marxism and Education Flashcards

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What did Althusser say?

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Education is an ideological state apparatus
Enables the bourgeoisie to maintain control
Education reproduces class inequality
False class consciousness- encourages a mindset that if a student isn’t doing well it’s because they aren’t working hard enough

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What did Bowles and Gintis say? A02

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Studied 237 high school students and found that schools reward submissive, compliant workers
Correspondence principle- school mirrors the capitalist workplace through the hidden curriculum
Education creates the myth of meritocracy

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