Willis

• Learning to labour (1977)
• He is a neo-marxist
• Published working class boy and top grade students.
• working class students don't passively accept the system.

  • as they know they are going to be failed
  • see through myth of meritocracy
  • form counter school subculture
  • end result is the same as Bowles and Gintis so they fail and become slaves of capitalism
• Study of 12 working class boys from one age group in one location. In 1977 where he used observations and interviews.
• • Should've also done upper and lower class groups
  • Should've done it in more locations
  • cant be generalised
  • could display different interactions due to being observed
  • ages should be varied
  • group numbers should be increased from 12 to an higher amount.