Theories of Education - Marxist View - Bowles & Gintis

BOWLES & GINTIS

Main function/role of education = producing an obedient workforce which accepts inequality.

Evidence - obedient students= good grades, creative/independent students = bad grades.

• This function is performed through the correspondence principle (CP) - school mirrors the workplace e.g. hierarchy, competition, alienation.

• CP works through the hidden curriculum, these are the lessons taught indirectly in…