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Assess the Marxist view that education is a form of social control. Marxist think that education is a form of social control as it puts you in place and prepares you for your role in society. They also think that it teaches you the hidden curriculum which contributes to the economic scale of society. The hidden curriculum is what leads to social order which leads to social control. Marxist also believe in myth of meritocracy, as Marxist Bowles and Gintis argue that education doesn't offer everybody an equal chance, as they believe that the education system works against the working class. They also believe that schools are very much like work places and they both have rewards and hierarchies, for example in both school and work you are being paid but in different ways, one with money and the other with certificates or rewards. Marxist Louis Althusser believed that education teaches working...

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