Lucy and Yasmin Marxist ed quiz

what do marxist view that education does?

• legitamises inequalities
• prepares students for roles
• teaches universal norms
• creates a value consensus

what is ideological state apparatus?

• institutions that spread the dominant ideology
• the education system teaches how you should think
• the ideas that are socially correct
• values that everyone agrees on

what is the correspondence principle?

• all things taught in school link to the working life
• students have to obey the rules
• work corresponds to the education system
• prepares students for capitalist society

what did althusser say was the role of education?

• teaches acceptance of dominant ideology
• it is necessary
• secondary socialisation
• prepares students for patriarchal control

what is repressive state apparatus?

• control using threat or force
• control through the government
• control through capitalism
• control through the patriarchy

what don't marxist believe in when it comes to education?

• meritocracy
• spreads capitalist ideology
• reproducing inequalities
• long shadow of work

why do marxist reject meritocracy?

• because social class, ethnicity and gender can lead to failure
• because functionalists believe it
• it ensures that individuals do the right jobs
• they believe in it

what principle did bowles and gintis propose?

• the correspondance principle
• role allocation
• secondary socialisation
• long shadow of work

what is cultural capital?

• the more power and cultural advanatage someone has
• your culture
• how school teach cultures in society
• your social class

what is a habitus?

• culture or world view associated with a social class or group
• where and how you live
• how much money you have
• your social status