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Bowles and Gintis Correspondence principle
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Bowles and GintisSchooling in Capitalist America (1976)
Define the hidden curriculum. List at least 3 ways school corresponds to
work. Explain the myth of meritocracy
By the end of the lesson you should be able to
• Capitalism needs workers with a certain type of attitude
Think of some adjectives to describe the perfect worker/ student
The role of education is to reproduce an obedient workforce, who believe inequality is inevitable.
Why does capitalism need obedience?
The Correspondence Principle
Bowles and Gintis argue that there are close parallels between schooling and work in capitalist societies.
Schooling takes place in the ‘long shadow of work.’
These parallels are what Bowles and Gintis refer to as examples of the ‘correspondence principle’. worksheet
The Correspondence Principle
Principle/Vice-principle/Teachers/Students
Managers/supervisors/workers
Lack of control of curriculum/subjects
Lack of control of production
Grades and qualifications
Pay
Fragmentation of knowledgeUnconnected subjects
DIVISION OF LABOUR
Year groups, streams
Levels of occupational structure
School Workplace
Fragmentation Learning is fragmented into different subjects
Division of labour: Work is fragmented into repetitive meaningless tasks
Levels of Education Streams, sets, year groups Levels of the work structure:- Low levels – close supervision- Higher levels – self-supervision, workers internalise firm’s goals
Extrinsic Rewards Pupils work for grades / exam results, not out of interest in the subjects
Workers work for wages not job satisfaction
Alienation Pupils lack control over education – it is often boring and tedious
Workers lack control over production – it is often boring and tedious
Competition and Divisions
Competition among pupils e.g. to come top!
Divisions among work force (pay, status, skill) means no revolution
Hierarchy Head teacher TeachersOlder pupils Younger pupils
Bosses supervisorSkilled worker unskilled
Correspondence Principle
Operates through the HIDDEN CURRICULUM
Myth of Meritocracy
Define the hidden curriculum. List at least 3 ways school corresponds to
work. Explain the myth of meritocracy
By the end of the lesson you should be able to