Marxists

Question 1

Marxist Sociologist

Answer 1

Pierre Bourdieu

Question 2

Marxist beliefs

Answer 2

Education system reinforces social inequalities arising from social differences in class, gender, and and ethnicity

Question 3

Formal Curriculum

Answer 3

Dominant culture values are rewarded

Question 4

Hidden Curriculum

Answer 4

Nonacademic knowledge that someone learns through unspoken rules/norms
Marxists argue that this reinforces social class inequalities

Question 5

Pierre Bourdieu

Answer 5

Argued, the possession or lack of possession of different types of capital shapes opportunity in society.
The education system favours the culture of the upper and middle class, giving them an advantage.
Working class skills, knowledge, ways of speaking, and behaving are devalued  by the education system.

Question 6

Cultural Reproduction

Answer 6

Middle class values are reflected in the education system. Obedience is passed onto the working class to submit to their status and not revolt.

Question 7

Marxist view on cultural reproduction

Answer 7

The hidden curriculum reinforces the positions of those with higher cultural capital

Question 8

Louis Althusser

Answer 8

criticised the education system as it is an Ideological state apparatus

Question 9

False class consciousness

Answer 9

Believing that nothing is wrong with their working class status. Believing that they deserve to be in the lower class.

Question 10

The Ideological state Apparatus of schools

Answer 10

Works by passing on ruling class ideology and justifying the capitalist system.
Develops the right attitudes and behaviours to ensure future workers accept and submit to exploitation

Question 11

Habitus

Answer 11

Your norm is what is natural to you
Habbits, Skills, Manners, Routine, Expectations
Every social class has a different habitus

Question 12

Cultural Capital

Answer 12

Social resources. Knowledge, communications. The higher your social class the more cultural capital you posses.

Question 13

Social Capital

Answer 13

Family connections. Social networks, NOT based on knowledge

Question 14

Economic Capital

Answer 14

Financial resources. Housing, education, food, cars

Question 15

Long shadow

Answer 15

The world of work influences how children are educated.