marxists

• ed. is an ideological state apparatus that reinforces capitalist values
• ed. is an instrument of the r/c by justifying inequalities in society
• secondary socialisation - passing on r/c culture through hidden curriculum

  • dominant ideology passed onto w/c - normalising work and inequalities
• ed. overtrains and qualifies the workplace - fragmented curriculum and capitalist division of labour

  • overtrained and surplus workforce = replaceable workers, increased competition, less wages, more production
• role allocation and legitimisation of inequalities through myth of meritocracy

  • creates false class conciousness
  • w/c allocated w/c role
  • creates inequalities - myth of meritocracy
• ed. acts as a bridge between the home and workplace - correspondence theory (bowles & gintis)

  school is a mini workplace - sanctions, rewards, acceptance of hierarchy, deindividualisation by uniform