marxism eduation revision

marxism eduation revision

1. society is based on class divisions and exploitation

   • two classes
     • ruling and working class
   • the ruling class own the means of production and the working class work for them
     • this creates class conflict which could over throw capitalism so social instituions reproduce class inequalities to make inequalities justified and acceptable

2. Althusser

   • education is part of the ideological state apparatus
     • education mass media and family reproduce class inequalities by making capitalism seem normal
       • this makes people remain working class

3. Bourdieu

   • saw main function of education as reproducing and legitimizing rule class ideology
   • saw education as a way of socialising working class into a culture of failure so that they stay working class

4. Bowles and Gintis

   • say there is a close relationship between education and the work place
   • correspondence principle operates through hidden curriculum .
     • it helps produce a subservient workforce
       • pupils learn to be motivated by exernal rewards
       • the hidden curriclum encourages accpetance of hierarchy

5. Willis

   • argues working class lads see through meritocracy and create a anti school subculture which challeneges the schools dominant values
     • says that their anti school subculture leads them to dead end jobs whichsupports bowles and gintis
   • criticisms Blackledge and hunt
     • ignores the full ranges of subcultures in school
     • his sample is inadequate as he generalises the role of education. he used 12 boys who were no means they typical children at school