Marxism - Correspondence Theory - Flashcards in A Level and IB Sociology

In what ways is education like the work place?

place of authority
deadlines
self discipline
uniform
norms and values
learning work ethics
competition

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In what ways is a teacher like a boss?

qualified
middle class
sanctioning on lack of work
teaching capitalist values
provides rules and structures

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In what ways are students like collegues?

have to work hard in education just like work

have to earn the rewards to be good

must follow the rules

lateness, sickness and lack of work are frowned upon

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In what way is school like a work place?

leadership structure
structured hours
business model for success
accountability for OFSTED reports
routine
rules

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What did Bowles and Gintis 1976 say about a correspondence theory?

education serves to reproduce the capitalist relations of production where the working class is subject to ruling class control
heirachy exists in schools and the workplace
"Education teaches that workers should unquestionably adapt the needs of the syste

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What do Bowles and Gintis say about growing up in school?

the higher up the system an individual progresses like sixth formers, the more personal freedom they have to control their own educational/working experienced, but they have more personal responsibility for the outcomes

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What did Bowles and Gintis say about success?

success at schools is not down to individual ability, but rather down to conformity
those who conform are most likely to succeed they rise about the behaviour issues
schools therefore reproduce sets of workers

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What do they say about white middle class pupils doing better irrespective of their ability?

they say this is an injustice: it means you will do better in the world if you follow orders and fit in to the middle class system

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What do they say when people say that injustice is hidden through the "myth of meritocracy"?

they say that this is a lie or a myth

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What do they say when people say that those denied success blame themselves rather than the system?

say that they should blame the system instead

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What do they say about education as a whole?

Everything to do with schools is a lie and that students can succeed even if they do not succeed in school at the time, believe school is an injustice because of the white people being seen to do better, meritocracy is a myth so no need to think about tha

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What do Bowles and Gintis argue about education?

helps maintain, justify and explain the system of social inequality and class
helps people to come to terms with their own position in society
helps to reduce disconnect and opposition in inequality

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What are the criticisms of Bowels and Gintis correspondence theory?

lack of correspondence between the formal curriculum and the workplace
growth of humanities based subject and lack of subjects in which knowledge is directly applied is limited
sociology suggests we are not developing unthinking workers
low level of empl

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Criticisms of Bowels and Gintis, Correspondence theory

What did Reynolds 1984 say?

education does not seem to teach skills needed for pupils to be uncritical workers

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Criticisms of Bowels and Gintis, Correspondence Theory

What did Brown 1997 say?

creativity and teamwork is valued by modern businesses, exam system encourages competition

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Criticisms of Bowels and Gintis, Correspondence theory

What did Paul Willis 1997 say?

pupils sometimes have little regard for rules and teachers

said that boys can form "laddish" culture which is damaging to the teacher and pupil relationship however the boys he studied did not work hard and went into jobs or manual jobs corresponding to

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