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Marxist Analysis of Education Flashcards

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1
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What approach to Marxists take to society?

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Conflict approach

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What do Bowles and Gintis say the role of the education system is?

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To create an easily exploitable workforce

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What is correspondence theory?

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The similarities between pupils experiencing school to them eventually experiencing work

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How does the school sanction system relate to work?

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If you do lots of hard work then you get a reward. If you disobey then you will get a sanction

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How is a hierarchy present in school similar to work?

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Pupils obey teachers, similar to them eventually having to obey their managers

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What are you taught to be motivated by in schools?

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External rewards

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What are external and internal rewards?

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External rewards are possibly pay rises. Internal rewards are happiness

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What is the hidden message in the education system?

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To obey authority

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What is the hidden message in the education system in terms of benefit to the ruling class?

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A conformative work force is created, easy to exploit

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What is the overall views of Marxists on Education?

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Negative

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What would Marxists say about Michaela Community School in terms of time efficiency?

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They are taught this so that the ruling class can get as much work from them as possible

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How would Marxists say the praising teachers activity in Michaela Community School is benefitting the ruling class?

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It is veering these children away from negatively seeing the people with power over them and instead admiring them

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What 2 types of apparatus are there in society?

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Ideological State Apparatus, Repressive State Apparatus

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Who created the concept of Ideological and Repressive state apparatus?

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Althusser

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What does the Education socialise students into?

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Capitalism

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What structure of society do Functionalists believe is present that Marxists would criticise?

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Meritocracy

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What is Ideological State Apparatus?

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Institutions in society that spread ruling class norms and values and the necessity of conformity

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What is Repressive State Apparatus?

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Institutions in society that force you to conform if you go against the norms and values of society

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Which Marxist Education Analyser says there is a capitalist hegemony?

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Althusser

19
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Who created ‘Correspondence theory’?

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Bowles and Gintis

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What is ‘Correspondence Theory’?

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The idea that what is taught in school and how you are meant to act is similar to the workplace.

21
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How do Marxists believe the ruling class norms and values are taught in schools?

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Through the Hidden Curriculum

22
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Who said that Meritocracy was a Myth?

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Bowles and Gintis

23
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What do Bowles and Gintis argue helps a child to succeed in Education and in Society?

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Their material and Cultural capital

24
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Which classes in society are more likely to have material and cultural capital?

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Middle Class

25
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What is Material Capital also known as?

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Economic Capital

26
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What does the myth of meritocracy mean for working class students when they fail?

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They will believe that it is a personal failure of themselves

27
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What 3 types of Capital are there?

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Social Capital, Cultural Capital, Material Capital

28
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Who created the concept of the 3 capitals someone has?

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Bourdieu

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What does it mean if a student has cultural capital?

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They are more able to understand what a teacher is saying and understand lessons better so will be a higher achiever in the class

30
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How does Bourne add on to Bourdieu’s Cultural Capital aspect?

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Highlights the importance of parents’ education of children is what will help them to decide which norms and values to follow

31
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Who did a study on an anti-school subculture?

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Willis

32
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How long did Willis study the “lads” for? At what places?

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Final year of education, first 6 months of employment

33
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What did Willis find “The Lads” did while in school?

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They “had a laff” to pass the time when in school

34
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Why did the boys “have a laff” in school?

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So that they could develop skills to cope with the boredom of factory work

35
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Why did the “lads” only aspire to get a job in a factory?

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Because their dads had done the same job and they would just follow in their footsteps

36
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What did Willis conclude with his study on “The Lads”?

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The Education system was an inefficient agent of socialisation

37
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How does Willis’ study show the reproduction of social inequalities?

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The lads could not relate to middle class norms and values so failed to achieve things in school and eventually accepted their fate of being factory workers

38
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What key term did Willis create for The Lads and the belief that they would only end up in low-status jobs?

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Fatalism

39
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Which social group did Archer study?

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Working class pupils from different backgrounds who were unlikely to go on to higher education

40
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How did the pupils in Archers study see their schools?

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They saw them as schools in ‘rubbish’ areas

41
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How did the working class pupils dress in school in Archer’s Study?

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They often did not wear uniform

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What did Archer find about the style of the working class youth?

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It linked to their class identity

43
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Why did the clothes worn by students in Archers study give them value?

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It made them feel that they could resist the worthlessness of the area that they lived in and their attainment at their school

44
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What did Archer find about why pupils felt worthless when in School?

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They got poor exam results

45
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What are the working class pupils doing to the education system in Archers study?

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They are resisting its norms and values

46
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What concept did Willis create which said that the lads knew they would fail anyway?

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Fatalism

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