the marxist approach to education
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- the Marxist approach to education
- the role of education from a Marxist perspective
- serves the interests of the ruling class
- by passing on ideas and beliefs that benefit the ruling class the education system serves ruling class interests
- reproduces the class structure
- education appears to reward students fairly based on their individual abilities but it actually favourers people from more privileged backgrounds
- breeds competition
- through exams and sport at school students are encouraged to accept values such as competition. this helps to maintain capitalism
- secondary socialisation
- working class students learn norms and values at schools that prepare them for their lower positions in a capitalist society
- serves the interests of the ruling class
- the key ideas of Bowles and Gintis
- the main role of education is to reproduce(recreate overtime) a workforce with the necessary qualities to meet the needs of the capitalist economy. These qualities include being hard working, disciplined, obedient and reluctant to question authority
- schools reward students who display these qualities with high grades. students who show more independence and think creatively are more likely to get lower grades
- the education system helps to produce a workforce for capitalism mainly through the way schooling is structured and the hidden curriculem
- Bowles and Gintis use the term correspondence principle to describe the way education and work connect or fit together (correspond) in capitalist society
- the role of education from a Marxist perspective
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