BOURDEIU says that the education system is made by the ruling class to help them succeed.
He shows this through the Cultural reproduction model.
He expresses this through Habitus (taste), Field (cultural framework) and Cultural capital (value a person’s cultural knowledge has within a field)
The education system achieves this by altering their cultural knowledge, dress sense and language.
Contemporary Applications include School policies on uniform, Teachers judgements, OFSTED and Curriculum (is based on middle-class knowledge).
AO3 CRITICISMS: Functionalists say that education is meritocratic, not classist.
AO3 CRITICISM: Children should not be automatically socialised into value consensus. Skills are needed to achieve this. Students acquire cultural capital throughout their education
AO3 CRITICISM: There is no evidence to support his theory. It is just an assumption.
