Karl Marx
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Marxist TheoryMarxist theory is the theory that everything revolves around what class background you come from. This theory is usually attributed to the ideas of Karl Marx because he believed that ‘the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles’ (Coser, 1977). This affects education because when researched it was discovered that there was more girls from independent schools sent on to do A-level physics compared to the amount of girls from maintained schools that were sent on to do A-level physics. When you look at this information from a Marxist perspective it would suggest that these results are because children from independent schools receive a better level of education because their parents have enough money to send them to the better schools. Furthermore, it could be interpreted that children from independent schools achieve better results and that girls are more likely to choose physics as an A-level subject because independent schools are not affected by the national curriculum so therefore, they can teach their pupils what they deem appropriate. Also, independent schools aren’t overly affected by society because they don’t rely on the government for their funding which is received on the basis of how many students they have attending the school so they don’t have to worry about whether society is happy with the way they teach their pupils. Moreover, independent schools are more likely to want their students to feel a sense of empowerment because they come from families that have a high social standing so therefore, they need to be empowered in order for them to maintain that social standing later on in life.
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