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Education: Marxism - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Althusser's views are applicable to today's education system
      - FSM students are less likely to achieve A* - C
      - Those who attend private / grammar schools (middle and upper class) are more likely to get into top unis, and thus better paid jobs
  - - - Gov. view on social mobility
      - Social mobility has failed to improve, need to improve opportunities
      - Birth, not worth has become more of a determinant of people's life chances - Britain is a closed system
      - Mobility is low and inequality hinders opportunities
  - - - Acceptance of hierarchy - Teaching roles, authority and power relationships
      - Fragmentation of knowledge - Fragmented curriculum prepares individuals for fragmented economy (different curriculum, btec)
      - Motivation - Through external rewards (certificates, wages)
      - Legitimisation of inequality - Myth of meritocracy
      - Subservience - Through rewarding 'acceptable' behaviour and punishing 'unacceptable' behaviour
    - - Ignores social mobility even if rare / limited
      - Bowles and Gintis focus too much on social class and neglects issues of gender and ethiniciy, which also effects education
      - Reynolds claims that the curriculum doesn't teach the skills needed by employers, but rather passive behaviour that makes workers easy to exploit
      - Willis rejects view that there is a direct relationship between the economy and the way the education system operates