Marxism Argument

Question 1

what is the first marxist point

Answer 1

edu system maintains capitalism by reproducing and legitimising class inequalities

Question 2

what is the first evidence

Answer 2

althusser - state apparatuses

1. RSA - eg police/army , maintain r/c power through force to repress w/c
2. ISA - eg family/edu system , controls people’s ideas and create false class consciousness

Question 3

how does Althusser explain the ISA

Answer 3

1. edu system reproduce class inequalities by transmitting unequal distributions of power, from gen to gen
2. legitimates class inequalities by producing ideologies and then creating false consciousness

Question 4

what is the first analysis

Answer 4

Bowles and Gintis

• correspondence principle: similarity in relationships and structures between the education and workplace

hidden curriculum:
teaches discipline and behaviour and how to accept authority for extrinsic rewards -> prepares them to be future workers

Question 5

what did Bowles and Gintis further analyse

Answer 5

myth of meritocracy
- main factor that underpins success is ethnicity and class not hard work

Question 6

what did Willis argue

Answer 6

1. w/c boys formed anti-school subcultures to resist the ‘boring’ school system -> rejected the myth of meritocracy
2. penetrations - class consciousness
   limitations - false consciousness