marxist view of education

Question 1

marxist key concepts , ideological state apparatus

Answer 1

schools spread the dominant ideology, reinforcing control by the ruling class

Question 2

marxist key concepts myth of meritocracy

Answer 2

education appear fair but upholds social inequalities by benefiting the elite

Question 3

marxist theories, louis althusser

Answer 3

claimed that schools are part of the ideological tools used by the state to maintain capitalist control

Question 4

marxist theorists bowles and gintis

Answer 4

proposed the correspondence principle, showing that school structures mirror the hierarchal nature of work to create obedient workers

Question 5

marxist theorists , paul willis

Answer 5

in “leaning to labour” he demonstrated how working class “lads” resist education yet unknowingly reproduce class structures