Maxist Perspectives of Education
This shows the perspectives from some of the main Maxist thinkers, as well as some definitions.
Yellow - base point
Orange - Explain / backup points.
Red - Definitions.
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- Marxist Perspectives on Education
- Althusser
- Reproduction of an efficient + obedient workforce.
- Necessary technical skills
- Ruling Class ideology and the socialization of workers to accept it.
- False Consciousnesses
- It is a failure by members of a social class to recognise their real interests
- False Consciousnesses
- To prevent working class rebelling, ruling class must persuade through ideological state apparatuses.
- Ideological state Apparatuses- is a agency which serves to spread the ideology and justify the power of the dominant social class.
- Reproduction of an efficient + obedient workforce.
- Bordieu
- Each social class possess its own cultural framework- called a habitus.
- Picked up through socialization within the family.
- Dominant class
- Power to impose own habitus in education system.
- Middle/ upper class has more access to culture of dominant class (Cultural capital.
- Cultural Capital is the knowledge of language, forms of behavior, taste and lifestyle etc. which give middle and upper class and advantage.
- Each social class possess its own cultural framework- called a habitus.
- Illich and Freire
- Schools are repressive institutions
- Schools promote conformity and passive acceptance of existing inequalities.
- Reward with cultural capital + access to higher education = better jobs.
- If you don't conform to this you are excluded which means a life of lower paid jobs.
- Produces hegemony and hegemonic control.
- Hegemony refers to the dominance in society of the ruling class's set of ideas over others, and acceptance of and consent to them by the rest of society.
- Hegemonic control is where control of the working class is mainly achieved through the hegemony and acceptance of the ruling class.
- Bowles and Gintis
- Reproduction of labour power - a hard working and submissive and disciplined workforce.
- Hidden curriculum,
- Through the role of the education system, justifying inequality of the organization of education.
- ' The long shadows of work '
- reflects the functionalist view of meritocracy.
- Meritocracy is a society where jobs and pay are allocated on the basis purely of people's individuals talents, abilities and qualifications.
- reflects the functionalist view of meritocracy.
- Reproduction of labour power - a hard working and submissive and disciplined workforce.
- Willis
- Recognizes that schools don't produces willing and obedient workforce.
- Contradicts most other Marxist opinions.
- Kids don't obey teachers - they are disruptive.
- He studied a group of 12 working class boys.
- They opposed the main aims of the school and its values.
- They developed an counter culture for school.
- Recognizes that schools don't produces willing and obedient workforce.
- Althusser
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