Consensus or Conflict?
What type of perspective is Marxism?
A system which benefits the elite!
What is the purpose of vocational education, according to the Marxist perspective?
They saw the whole point of school as ‘having a laff’ rather than trying to get qualifications.
How many boys were in Willis's study?
The education system, according to a Marx perspective does three things.
What would the Marx perspective argue was the purpose for education?
We believe the education system is fair and based around our efforts.
What is the 'myth of meritocracy'?
A Marxist idea that higher social classes try to reproduce their leadership and privileges by investing time, money and resources in the education of their offspring
How is class inequality reproduced?
The structure and organisation of the workplace is mirrored in the organisation of schools. The workplace inequalities are reflected in the education system.
What principle was coined by Bowles and Gintis?
Marxist concept that argues that institutions such as schools encourage values favorable to the interests of a ruling class in capitalist societies.
What does Althusser argue the education system is?
The hidden curriculum!
According to Bowles and Gintis, what are the four ways in which the education system reflects work place inequalities?
Teachers ‘transform pupil consciousness’ by encouraging students to accept ‘the realities of life’.
According to a Marxist perspective, the education system prepares us for the workforce in two ways. What are these?
The rich stay rich and the poor stay poor.
The relationship between education and the economy is what, according to a Marxist?
12 working class boys who go to school to have a laugh.
Who wrote 'Learning to labour'?
We are not all passive- some resist conformity!
How did Willis provide an alternative viewpoint to that of Bowles and Gintis?