Bowles & Gintis (1976)

• What principle did they identify?

  The correspondence principle
• What did they argue the education system treaches?

  A set of norms and values that 'fit' the workplace e.g timetables, uniform and hierarchy through the hidden curriculum.
• What did they reject?

  The belief that the education system was meritocratic instead, they argued that social class has a huge impact on educational achievement.
• The education system made docile and obedient workers which benefitted the bourgeoisie.
• What sociological perspective did they argue from?

  Marxism