marxists perspective

Question 1

what do marxists believe the education system reproduces

Answer 1

reproduces and legitimises class inequality

Question 2

what does education transmit

Answer 2

the ideology of the ruling class

Question 3

how is stability maintained

Answer 3

by the working class accepting the dominant ideologies of the ruling class (legitimate domination )

Question 4

what is a consequence of the working class accepting their position in society

Answer 4

maintains a status-quo power relationship

Question 5

what is a status-quo power relationship

Answer 5

“Jenna wanted to proceed with the next step, but then she decided it would be better to keep the status quo.”

Question 6

what is the repressive state apparatus

Answer 6

maintains power by force / threat eg the police

Question 7

what is the repressive state apparatus

Answer 7

maintains power by force / threat eg the police

Question 8

what is hegemony

Answer 8

ideological domination of one class over another eg the bourgeois over the proletariat

Question 9

what is fragmentation of knowledge

Answer 9

subjects in school seem disconnected but are linked

Question 10

what is a criticism of Bowles and Gintis correspondence principle

Answer 10

doesn’t apply to modern day work as some jobs are less practical

Question 11

what is compensatory education