Perspectives of education - Marxist View - Paul Willis 1977 - Flashcards in A Level and IB Sociology

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What criticisms are there of the marxist perspective?

lack of detailed research in schools and based on little solid evidence
schools are not always repressive institutions
behaviour issues can mean students overcome repressive discipline
elements of formal curriculum are not designed to create well skilled

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Paul Willis 1977 - Learning to labour

What did he find about the group of boys "the lads"?

lads saw themselves as better than others
not interested in academic qualifications, aimed to do as little work as possible, hated being treated as children, formed a counterculture in which expressed sexist racist and masculine views, manual labour seen

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What did Paul Willis say about a shop floor culture?

boys got jobs in factories

racist, sexist shop floor culture

little respect for authority

workers did very little - enjoyed themselves by "having a laff"

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What did Paul Willis say about the boys in the end?

seen through the capitalist system, they knew they had no chance of doing well to get to high status jobs so they repelled

but to the advantage of the ruling class - they went into jobs where they could be exploited working class

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Paul Willis 1977 - Learning to labour

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Perspectives of education - Marxist View - Paul Willis 1977