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marxist perspective on education
ideology
ideological state apparatus
education reproduces class inequality by failing each successive generation of w/c
A03
feminists argue that schools reproduce patriarchy, not just capitalism
althusser
education legitimises class inequality by producing ideologies that disguise its true cause
A02
ideology is to persuade workers to accept that inequality is inevitable
schools are a 'smoke screen' and encourage pupils to passively accept capitalism and their future roles
correspondance principal
close parallels between schooling and work in capitalist society
both schools and workplace are hierarchies, with headteachers and bosses at the top making decisions and giving orders - workers or pupils at the bottom obeying
mirrored relationship
bowels + gintis
to role of education is to reproduce an obedient workforce that will accept inequality as inevitable
A03
assume that all pupils have no free will and passively accept indoctrination
A03
postmodernists argue that education now reproduces diversity, not inequality
hidden curriculum
refers to all 'lessons' that are learnt in school without being directly taught
A02
through everyday workings of the school, pupils become accustomed to accepting hierarchy and competition
willis
the study shows that w/c pupils can resist attempts at indoctrinating them
lads counter-culture
qualitative data
studied 12 w/c boys - as they make the transition from school to work
A03
females absent from study
opposed the school
finding school boring and meaningless and so reject school values
A02
smoking and drinking and disrupting classes
seeing manual work as superior and intellectual effeminate
manual work is more masculine
explains the resistance to school, in helping them slot int jobs - inferior in terms of skills, pay and conditions - that capitalism needs someone to perform
A03
romanticises the lads' - portraying them as w/c heroes despite their anti-social behaviour and sexists attitudes
A03
small-scale study, so not representative of other pupils' experiences
the myth of meritocracy
bowels + gintis
the main factor determining whether or not someone has a high income is their family and class background, not their ability
justifying the privileges of the higher classes - making it seem that they gained success through open and fair education
persuading the w/c to accept inequality as legitimate, preventing a workers revolution
repressive state apparatus
consists of the army, police and judiciary. It operates by the means of mental and physical coercion and violence
maintaining the rule of upper class and repress the working class