Marxist Theory Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
Q
MARXISM
A
The role of education is to prepare us for the capitalist world of work by passing on ruling class culture / ideologies that prepare us for exploitation
2
Q
Willis
A
Lads, anti-school subculture, having a laff, distraction technique for work
3
Q
Bourdieu
A
Hidden curriculum, cultural capital
4
Q
Althusser
A
To maintain, legitimate and reproduce, generation by generation, class inequalities in wealth and power by transmitting capitalist ruling class values
transmitted subconsciously through the hidden curriculum to ideologically control the masses e.g. we learn to follow rules / hierarchy
5
Q
Bowles and Gintis
A
Correspondence theory - What you learn in school prepares you for exploitation in the workplace.
