HED4809 ASSIGNMENT 4 ANSWERS 2024

HED4809
ASSIGNMENT 4 ANSWERS 2024




HED4809
ASSIGNMENT 4 ANSWERS 2024

, ASSIGNMENT 04: ESSAY-TYPE QUESTION (100 MARKS)

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Write an essay of no more than ten (10) typed pages (cover page, table of
content and reference list excluded) on the following topic:

Conflict theorists believe the driving force in complex societies is the
unending struggle between different groups to hold power and status.

Discuss this statement by referring to the school as important instrument in
this struggle. Structure your essay as follows:

1. Introduction to the essay: A brief overview of Marxism and the role of the
school as instrument to maintain the power struggles in society.

2. Body of the essay: Marxist theory and schooling (10)

From a Marxist point of view, argue the establishment of the school as
instrument by society to reproduce attitudes and dispositions to maintain
domination of the privileged class by elaborating on the following:

• Conflict (Marxist) theory: Class consciousness, false consciousness and
hegemony

(25)

• Marxism, neo Marxism and education

• Neo Marxist interpretation of schooling in a capitalist society

3. Conclusion to the essay: Conclude on the school as important instrument in
this unending struggle between different groups to hold power and status. (Do
not introduce new information and arguments.) (10)