bowles and ginitis - education

Question 1

is bowles and gintis functionalists or marxists?

Answer 1

marxists

Question 2

what do bowles and gintis believe that the education system reinforces

Answer 2

the social classes

Question 3

what do they agree with the functionalist about?

Answer 3

they agree with the functionalists that the main function of the school is to teach the hidden curriculum and that there is a close correspondence between the workplace and schools

Question 4

how is the school similar to the workplace?

Answer 4

through relationships of authority - e.g teachers and pupils replicates the hierarchical division of labour in the work place (boss and worker)
-known as the correspondence principle

Question 5

what is the correspondence principle?

Answer 5

means that the hierarchy within schools corresponds with the workplace - authority is obeyed and competition is encouraged

Question 6

the myth of meritocracy

Answer 6

bowles and gintis disagree with parsons that the education system is meritocratic
-they argue that the education system judges students on class rather than skills and abilities
-bowles and gintis think that the education system works in favours of the middle class at the expense of the working class