Marxist view of education

Question 1

Bourdieu

Answer 1

3 types of capital that help us succeed
1. educational capital - parental attitudes to school, qualifications, types of professions you know
2. cultural capital - if you do cultural things in your free time you will do better, e.g museums
3. economic - if parents can afford the right materials for education. Do you have the money to succeed

Question 2

Habitus

Answer 2

rules of the space - a culture or worldview that is associated with a social class or social group
often upper class have access and learn these from an early age.
most teachers are middle class so have a middle class habitus and can relate to middle class students more

Question 3

Commodity fetishism (Marx)

Answer 3

schools become a site of consumerism and reinforces the capitalist ideals
e.g. ipads + chromebooks as part of equiptment
back to school shopping

Question 4

Bowles + Gintis

Answer 4

school mirrors the workplace, the purpose of school is to prepare us for the workplace
1. hierarchy - teachers + pupils Vs workers + hierarchy
2. uniforms - like wok dress code
3. timetables - timetables subjects Vs workers shifts and breaks
4. alienation - students alienated from learning Vs workers from their products
5. rewards - students get grades/merits Vs promotions
6. punishments - detentions Vs fired
argue that school prepares pupils for life in the capitalist system and prevents rebellion or revolution.

Question 5

hidden curriculum

Answer 5

Unconscious learning that happens in the education system that normalises class/gender/ethnicity differences.
A02 - everyones invited - list of schools that have had cases of sexual assault and nothings been done. This reinforces the patriarchy and teachers women that nothing will be done, like in society

Question 6

Myth of meritocracy

Answer 6

Not a fair system
not everyone can achieve based on hard work
they are more factors in play, e.g. class - may not have the means to achieve

Question 7

Gramsci (neo-marxist)

Answer 7

hegemony - upper class are in charge
working class experience symbolic violence - culture, brands + lifestyle of WC lesser than
WC created counter hegemony - they adopt brands and this becomes their identity

Question 8

Archer

Answer 8

Nike identities
Nike gave WC symbolic capital (honour, value in culture)
Nike was associated with the WC

Question 9

Dual class consciousness (Gramsci) A03a

Answer 9

Wc aware of their exploitation and made it work to their advantage
couldn’t afford expensive brands - similar brands that are more affordable
BUT UC and MC will steal the brands and then the LC becomes ‘priced out’

Question 10

Organic interlectuals

Answer 10

system needs changing by the people within.
A03 - WC know they are being exploited but don’t overthrow system as they can use it to their advantage

Question 11

Althusser

Answer 11

ISA - school teachers and reinforces hegemonic ideals
can link to: role allocation, correspondence principle, society in miniature
RSA - exclusions and detentions reinforce hegemonic ideals
A03 - Parsons education bridge considered a watered down version of the RSA