Bowles and Gintis Current Approaches Liberal Reformers integrative function egalitarian function developmental function Functionalist underlying assumption meritocracy most qualified fill occupational positions ID: 627902
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Chapter 4:Broken PromisesBowles and GintisSlide2
Current ApproachesLiberal Reformers:
integrative function
egalitarian function
developmental function
Functionalist (underlying assumption: meritocracy):
most qualified fill occupational positions
equal opportunity independent of
race,class
/gender
inequality
human differencesSlide3
Education the Great Equalizer
Solutions
change people, not the system
Data consistently demonstrate major predictor of level and type of education parental SES
Parents w/ HS education children attend community college
Equal test scores High SES parents children achieve higher levels of education
Top 25% of high ability students high SES 2X as likely to attend college
Cause differentiation of resources in school/home roots of inequality outside of the education systemSlide4
Student AssessmentStudent performance based on conformity independent of ability:
Natl
Merit Scholarship Finalist Study (top 10%)
Personality variables significant difference
teacher ratings: “citizenship/desire to achieve”
School reward docility/obedience penalizes creativity/
spontaneity
Not conducive to personal growth
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Education a Capitalist EnterpriseEducation dictated by business (corporate) interests
notions of “efficient management”
Teacher becomes a “simple” worker vs. Professional student as object (tests)
Function of capitalist privilege and authority
i.e. business values and social relationshipsSlide6
ConclusionSchools hostile to needs of personal development
Historical trajectory counter to notions equality of opportunity
Schools reproduce economic inequality via an alienated and stratified labor force
Capitalist system shaped Educational system