marxist

• How do schools legitimise social class inequalities?

  By socialising children into their class position
• What type of jobs are working class children prepared for in schools?

  Boring, repetitive labour jobs
• What do Bowles and Gintis argue about the education system?

  It maintains Capitalism in three ways
• What is the myth of meritocracy?

  Belief that education is fair and equal
• How does social class background affect student achievement?

  It determines their chances of success
• What is the hidden curriculum in education?

  Informal lessons not taught in class
• What do Marxists believe the hidden curriculum transmits?

  Norms and values of the ruling class
• What does the correspondence principle state?

  Schools mirror the world of work
• How does Bourdieu view the role of education?

  To reproduce the class structure
• What is 'symbolic capital' according to Bourdieu?

  Status and recognition from the school
• What is 'symbolic violence' in education?

  Devaluation of working class culture
• How do working class students feel in a middle class habitus?

  They feel uncomfortable and out of place
• What does Althusser argue about education?

  It spreads ruling class beliefs and values
• What is false class consciousness?

  Not recognizing one's exploitation in society
• What is material deprivation?

  Lack of resources and money
• What did Willis study about working class boys?

  They formed an anti-school subculture
• What was the outcome for the lads in Willis's study?

  They ended up in low-paid, unskilled jobs
• How do functionalists disagree with Bowles and Gintis?

  They believe education is meritocratic
• What do postmodernists argue about education?

  It reproduces diversity, not inequality
• What do feminists argue about education?

  It reproduces patriarchal ideology
• Who predominantly holds head teacher positions?

  Men