Marxism and Education

Question 1

What did Althusser say?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What did Bowles and Gintis say? A02

Answer 2

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