Marxism

• Myth of Meritocracy

  meritocracy is nothing but ideology and the working class are made to believe that the middle class reached their goals through meritocracy. They argue that education plays a huge part in this and can lead to a false class consciousness
• Who talks about the Myth of Meritocracy

  Bowles & Gintis
• Bourgeoisie 


  Rich minority ruling class
• Proletariat


  poor majority class in society
• What does Althusser argue about ?


  the bourgeoisie maintain their power through the ISAs(Ideological State Apparatuses) & RSAs(Repressive State Apparatuses)
• RSAs (Repressive State Apparatuses)


  a social institution whose role it is to enforce the dominant ideology by force or threat e.g. army:guns/weapons, court:consequences/sentencing
• ISAs(Ideological State Apparatuses)


  a social institution whose main roles is to pass on the dominant ideology of the ruling class e.g. hidden curriculum/secondary socialisation: respect to authority in school/ you learn to obey authority in a workplace
• Correspondance Principle


  where school mirrors the workplace
• who talks about the correspondance principle

  bowles & gintis
• what do Bowles & gintis argue about what workforce capitalism requires


  a hardworking, compliant, and obedient workforce (prepared through the hidden curriculum)
• poor-are-dumb theory


  where the poor blame themselves for their failure
• who talks about the poor-are-dumb theory?

  Bowles &Gintis
• Habitus 


  The cultural set of norms, values, experiences and skills within a social group - class/ethnicity/gender/age
• Cultural capital


  an individual possessing attributes and knowledge that provide an advantage in achieving higher in education
• What does Bourdieu talk about

  Cultural Capital & Habitus
• Evaluation of the ISAs(Ideological State Apparatuses)


  the working class (proletariat) are not passive puppets of the hidden curriculum as proven by students who rebel
• Who says that the working class are not passive puppets of the hidden curriculum?

  Girouk
• False class consciousness


  when the proletariat do not know they are being exploited by the bourgeoisie
• hidden curriculum


  lessons that are learnt but not taught in education