Marxist View On Education

Question 1

What are the 5 key Marxist arguments of education?

Answer 1

1. Education is an ideological state apparatus and socialises students into capitalism
2. Myth of meritocracy
3. Middle class students have an advantage in education due to cultural capital
4. Some young people join an anti school subculture as a way to reject capitalism
5. Working class youths create identities in resistance to the middle class values of the school

Question 2

What does Althusser argue?

Answer 2

He argues that education is an ideological state apparatus and socialises students into capitalism

Question 3

Who argues that education is an ideological state apparatus and socialise as students into capitalism?

Answer 3

Althusser

Question 4

Who is used as AO3 for the argument “education is an ideological state apparatus and socialises students into capitalism” ?

Answer 4

Giroux

Question 5

What does Giroux argue?

Answer 5

He argues that pupils are not as passive as people think and do rebel against being disciplined in school

Question 6

Who argues that meritocracy is a myth/ the illusion of equal opportunity?

Answer 6

Bowles and Gintis

Question 7

Who argues that education is meritocratic?

Answer 7

Functionalists parsons

Question 8

Who argues that middle class students have an advantage in education due to cultural capital?

Answer 8

Bourdieu

Question 9

What is used as AO3 for the argument “middle class students have an advantage in education due to cultural capital”?

Answer 9

Statistics showing that w/c girls outperform w/c Boyd at GCSE showing that cultural capital cannot be the only reason for differences in attainment score

Question 10

Who argues that some young people join an anti school subculture as a way to reject capitalism?

Answer 10

Willis

Question 11

What is the AO3 for “some young people join an anti school subculture as a way to reject capitalism” ?

Answer 11

Willis’ study was very small and it is difficult to generalise the findings to all young people

Question 12

Who argues that working class youths create identities in resistance to the middle class values of school?

Answer 12

Archer

Question 13

What is used as AO3 for the argument “working class youths create identities in resistance to the middle class values of school” ?

Answer 13

Interactionist Becker