Marxists on Education 0.0 / 5 ? SociologyEducationA2/A-levelAQA Created by: hollyrebekahCreated on: 29-09-20 17:24 What is the function of education, according to Marxists? To prevent revolution and maintain capitalism 1 of 20 What are the two apparatus that Althusser defines? The repressive state apparatus and the ideological state apparatus 2 of 20 How is education an important ideological state apparatus (ISA)? It reproduces and legitimate class inequality 3 of 20 What do Bowels and Gintis argue the role of education is in capitalist society? To reproduce an obedient workforce that will accept inequality as inevitable 4 of 20 What do schools reward, according to Bowels and Gintis? Personality traits that make for a submissive, compliant worker 5 of 20 What is the ‘correspondence principle’? The relationships and structures found in education which mirror that of the workplace 6 of 20 What does the correspondence principle work through? The hidden curriculum 7 of 20 How does Cohen argue that youth training schemes serve capitalism? By teaching young workers about the attitudes and values needed in a subordinate labour force 8 of 20 How do Bowels and Gintis describe the education system? As a ‘giant myth-making machine’ 9 of 20 What is the purpose of the myth of meritocracy? To justify the privileges of the ruling class making it seem like they gained them through fair competition, therefore legitimatising inequality 10 of 20 What theory do Bowels and Gintis give to argue that education justifies poverty? The ‘poor-are-dumb’ theory 11 of 20 What does Willis’ study show? That working-class pupils can resist attempts to indoctrinate them 12 of 20 What research methods did Willis use? Participant observation and unstructured interviews (Qualitative data) 13 of 20 What is the lads’ counter-culture? The opposition to school and rejection of meritocratic ideology 14 of 20 What are the similarities between the lads’ counter-culture and shopfloor culture? Seeing manual work as superior to effeminate intellectual work 15 of 20 How does anti-school culture benefit capitalism? It guarantees that people with anti-school culture will end up in unskilled jobs by ensuring failure to gain worthwhile qualifications 16 of 20 What do Bowels and Gintis assume about pupils? They have no free will and passively accept indoctrination 17 of 20 What is a criticism of Willis? His study was small scale 18 of 20 How do Morrow and Torres criticise Marxism? They take a ‘class first’ approach that ignores all other kinds of inequality 19 of 20 What does McDonald criticise Bowels and Gintis for? Ignoring the fact that schools reproduce patriarchy as well as capitalism 20 of 20
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