How do Marxists see society?
● class divisions
● exploitations
According to Marxists educations main function is to?
Reproduce the the inequalities of the capitalist system.
What 4 functions does education preform according to Marxists?
1) social control
2) specialist skills
3) secondary socialisation
4) sifting and sorting
What does social control mean?
Things a society does to regulate individual behaviour
What does althusser see the education system as?
An ideological state apparatus - a tool of the state used to brainwash people
What does brainwashing prevent people from seeing and doing?
● They fail to see their own exploitation (proletariat) this is called false class consciousness.
● They do not rebel
How are people brainwashed?
Covertly through the hidden curriculum
What does rhe hidden curriculum teach students?
● respecting people above your position in the hierarchy e.g teachers
● school is in control of students time
What does the hidden curriculum ensure people do when they leave school?
Makes them comply with capitalism
