bourdieu - education

Question 1

is bourdieu a functionalist or marxist?

Answer 1

marxist

Question 2

what does boudieu argue?

Answer 2

bourdieu argues that everything about the education system is geared towards the achievement of the middle class. the curriculum benefits the middle class due to their cultural capital

Question 3

what is cultural capital?

Answer 3

the knowledge, the attitudes, values, language, tastes and abilities that middle class parents transmit to their children. placing middle class children at an advantage

Question 4

teachers

Answer 4

teachers are similar to middle class parents and pupils so they share the same language codes, values and norms. therefore making the education system alien to working class pupils