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Marxism and education Flashcards

1
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What sociologists study the socialisation role

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Althusser, Bowles and Ginitis

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2
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education transmits norms and values, what does this create

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social stability

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3
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what is stability based on

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internalisation of the dominant ideas of the ruling class

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4
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what does capitalism mean for society

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there is always a potential revolution

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5
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what is the education system key to

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prevent revolution and maintain capitalism

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6
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what apparatus does althusser study

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ideological and repressive

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7
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what does repressive state apparatus mean

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maintaining power of the ruling class through the police, courts and army

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8
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what does ideological state apparatus mean

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maintaining power of the ruling class by controlling peoples ideas, values and beliefs

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9
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what are 2 important functions of the ISA

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  1. legitimates class inequality by producing ideologies
  2. reproduces class inequality by transmitting it from generation to generation
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10
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what sociologists study the myth of meritocracy

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bowles and ginitis

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11
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what does education promote

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the myth of meritocracy

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12
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how does the myth of meritocracy privilege higher classes

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makes it seem pupils have succeeded fairly in school

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13
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what does the education system justify

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poverty

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14
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who is poverty blamed on

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individuals rather than capitalism

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15
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what does education prevent

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the poor feeling that inequality is unfair

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16
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what sociologists study the correspondence principle and the hidden curriculum

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Bowles and Ginitis

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17
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what do school create compliance through

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hidden curriculum

18
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what is the hidden curriculum

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the indirect learning in schools

19
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what do the international organisations of the school correspond too

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the international organisations of the work place

20
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what does the hidden curriculum do to help schools

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produces obedient workers capitalism needs

21
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what are students rewarded for

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being passive and submissive

22
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what are students punished for

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being creative and independent

23
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what sociologists study the allocation role

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Althusser, Bowles and Ginitis

24
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what does equality of educational opportunity existing imply

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that not all students have the same opportunity to study at schools which offer the same education

25
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what is role allocation NOT based on

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meritocratic framework

26
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what is educational success based on

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social class

27
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what does social class determine

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the job people get

28
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what does education offer limited opportunities for

A

social mobility

29
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what sociologists study the vocational training role

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Willis and Finn

30
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what do schools not transmit

A

practical skills

31
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what is the central role of schools

A

social control

32
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what does Willis say schools equip youths for

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appropriate attitudes for boring routine work

33
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What does Finn study

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Youth Training Schemes for businesses to employ young people as cheap labour

34
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What does vocational education mean

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training for specific occupations

35
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what does alllocation mean

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students are sifted and sorted

36
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What does Willis study in the role of education

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learning to labour

37
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what does education reproduce and legitimise

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capitalism

38
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what is Bowles and Ginitis view on the role of education

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education is a straightforward indoctrination process into the myth of meritocracy

39
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What type of marxist is willis

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humanist

40
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what does willis study about working class males

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they create an anti-school subculture to cope with boredom

41
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what does paul willis study about working class students

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some working class students choose to fail themselves

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