Theories of education Marxist pt2: lesson 14 Flashcards
(12 cards)
1
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Who are Bowles and Gintis?
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- American sociologist
- the hidden curriculum
- capitalism requires alienated workforce
- role of education is to produce obedient workers
2
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What research did Bowles and Gintis undertake?
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- studied 273 New York high school students
- used questionnaire on personality traits compared with grades and other studies
3
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What conclusion did Bowles and Gintis come to?
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- schools rewards personalities which are passive
- high punctuality, obedience and discipline have higher grades
- schools do not promote personal development
4
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In what way do Bowles and Gintis believe schools mirror working life?
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- accepting hierarchy
- creating competitiveness
- lower level learners supervised like lower level workers
- fragmentation of subjects= division of Labour
5
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What do Bowles and Gintis believe about meritocracy?
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- myth
- capitalism based on exploitation
- education is a giant myth making machine
6
Q
What was Willis 1977’s theory?
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Learning to Labour
7
Q
What type of Marxist is Willis?
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Neo-Marxist
8
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What is a Neo-Marxist?
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- Adopt typical Marxist position but encourage interactionist approach to understand individuals who are active not passive
- also focus on culture & homogeny as dominant force
9
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What was Willis interested in?
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How schools serve capitalism
10
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What type of approach did Willis take?
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Interactionist approach to understand pupil experiences and how they resist bourgeoisie indoctrination
11
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What was Willis’s study?
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- 2 years conducting participant observation study & unstructured interviews
- 12 working class white lads in Birmingham
- “ how do working class kids end up in working class jobs?”
- Willis’s lads
12
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What did Willis find?
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- lads reject school and its authority
- form counter culture
- find school meaningless so find ways to be defiant
- lads reject idea of meritocratic schools and ability to achieve MC jobs
