In this essay I am going to assess the Marxist explanation of the role of education in modern society.
In this essay I am going to assess the Marxist explanation of the role of education in modern society. Marxist is a theory that is named after its own founder Karl Marx, who purposed his idea that the economic system largely shapes society and education takes a large role into this idea. Marx says that education performs two main functions in our capitalist society which are to reproduce inequalities and social relations within society and that it serves to justify all these inequalities through “Myth” of meritocracy, however Marxists do not believe in meritocracy meaning everyone has equal chances no matter what background/social class , Marxists see that the way the educational system maintain these inequalities is by exploitation from the “Ruling class” to the “Subject class” in our capitalist society, meaning the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor. In Marxists eyes education is only build to benefit the ruling class and schools and teachers will reject the subject class meaning they will not perform to their highest capabilities.