marxist view on education Flashcards
what do Marxists argue about education?
-education is an important superstructure(institutions such media,religion,state) of society
-education’s purpose is to serve the needs of the ruling class who control the economic base
what do Marxists argue about meritocracy?
disagree that education is meritocratic, and that is positive
how do Marxists argue that the education system serves capitalism?
by passing on the ideas and values of the ruling class and preparing the working class children for working class jobs
Marxists argue education system passes
on social class inequalities
-argue education is organised around the ideas and values of the middle class and school is a middle class place
because Marxists argue school is a middle class place why are mc students advantaged?
-they already know how to speak to adults, shake hands, be polite and orderly in school when they start school (have cultural capital)
-exposed to elaborate code
-means mc children have this inbuilt advantage , meaning more likely to succeed
working class students
do not have the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to succeed in school, so are disadvantage from the beginning
wc vs mc student divide means
school helps to pass on social class inequalities
education performs two main functions in a capitalist society
-reproduction of inequalities
-legitimates(justify) inequalities
cultural capital
skills, knowledge and attitudes of ruling class
habitus
cultural framework of an institution
correspondence principle
similar traits valued by school and workplace
ideological state apparatus
institution which spreads the dominant ideology
dominant ideology
ideas and values of the ruling class
hegemony
dominance of ruling class and acceptance by other of this dominance
