Education - Hidden Curriculum: Marxism

Question 1

Bowles and Gintis (1976) - Correspondence principle

Answer 1

• schools mirrors and creates exploitable and obedient workforce
• work for extrinsic reward e.g good grade and good salary
• reproduces capitalist workforce
  Done by:
• good grades awarded to conforming pupils, not creative and critically thinking students
• schools based on hierarchy, makes them accustomed to obedience of superiors
• capitalist work is alienating and controlled, school is also boring/ controlled so normalises this

RM: 237 New York high schools