Cordelia Marxist ed quiz

What is the ideological state apparatus?

• institutions that spread bourgeoisie ideology
• institutions that spread proletariat ideology
• control using threat or force
• bourgeoisie

What does education prepare working class students for?

• to accept a life of exploitation
• to become part of the bourgeoisie
• to move up social class
• social mobility

How does education create a value consensus?

• both
• formal curriculum
• hidden curriculum
• neither

Who is not a Marxist?

• Davis and Moore
• Bowles and Gintis
• Althusser
• Willis

What is the correspondence principle?

• hidden curriculum in schools corresponds to features in the workplace
• formal curriculum in schools corresponds to features in the workplace
• education influences work
• school and work are completely different

How do rewards and sanctions in schools correspond to the workplace?

• if you work well, you may get a bonus
• if you dont work well, you may get a bonus
• workplace is fragmented
• you get detentions at work

How does education support the capitalist system?

• maintains and justifies inequality
• it doesn't
• allows for social mobility
• teaches useless skills

Why do Marxists reject meritocracy?

• class and background have more of an impact
• they don't
• working hard is more important
• class and background are less important

What group of people did Willis study?

• working class male pupils
• upper class male pupils
• working class female pupils
• upper class female pupils

What did Willis hypothesise?

• school does not create an obedient workforce
• school creates an obedient workforce
• people don't want to work
• meritocracy is a myth