role of education in society - marxist perspective

Question 1

the ideological state apparatus

Answer 1

Althussar
education performs two functions:
1) reproduces class inequality by transmitting it from generation to generation
2) legitimates class inequality by producing ideologies that disguises its true cause - persuades workers that their inequality is deserved

Question 2

correspondence principle

Answer 2

Bowles and Gintis
close parallels between schooling and work in capitalist society
they both have hierarchies with headteachers and bosses giving orders.

Question 3

hidden curriculum

Answer 3

all lessons are learnt in school without being directly taught
- everyday school life teaches accepting hierarchy and competition for rewards
school prepares pupils for their future as exploited workers

Question 4

myth of meritocracy

Answer 4

makes it look like higher classes gained their positions through hard work at school when they actually got it from their families and the biases education system.
makes working class this they have a fair chance and if they fail then they deserve it