NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Marxists argue that education aims to legitimise and reproduce class inequalities by forming a subservient class and workforce. Education also prepares children of the capitalist ruling class (the bourgeoisie) for positions of power. Education is part of the ‘superstructure’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Traditional Marxists understand the role of education in this context – education is controlled by the elite class (The Bourgeoisie) and schools forms a central part of the superstructure through which they maintain ideological control of the proletariat.

Detailed explanation-3: -Marx argues that there are inequalities in society based on social class differences. Marx claims that to improve society and make it fairer there needs to be large-scale change. Marxism is criticised for ignoring other important factors such as gender and ethnicity, focusing too much on social class.

Detailed explanation-4: -Functionalist views about how education contributes to value consensus and social solidarity. Education and role allocation. Marxist views about how education contributes to the maintenance of the capitalist economic system. Education as an instrument of ideological control and cultural reproduction.