working class Flashcards
(5 cards)
Willis
For boys and their fathers, their jobs were a key source of their identity define themselves as manual workers manual labour jobs declining turned towards a laddish culture
Bowles and Gintis
Function of education to maintain, legitimise and reduce class inequalities of wealth and power.
Done by transforming ruling class values disguised as common values in hidden curriculum
Mac an Ghail
Working class men are experiencing a crisis of masculinity due to manual labour jobs decreasing. Traditional hegemonic gender indentured lack of male role models
Bourdieu
Hidden curriculum
Mertens and D’haenens
suggests there is a digital class divide in which middle class used internet for educational purposes to boost their knowledge whereas lower class used more for entertainment purposes