Marxism and Education Renewing the Dialogue, Pedagogy, and Culture

by Jones, Peter E.

• ISBN13: 9780230111691
• ISBN10: 0230111696
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-06-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Marxist thinking can offer a critical understanding of education in an international context. Jones tackles these issues from a variety of angles and perspectives, taking advantage of recent theoretical innovations in Marxist analysis as well as the personal experiences of educational practitioners with Marxist commitments.#xA0;With a specific focus on pedagogical practices as cultural practices, this book combines detailed case studies of local situations with broad, critical overviews of global development and challenges.

Author Biography

Peter E. Jones is Principal Lecture in Communication Studies at Sheffield Hallam University.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction and Overview: Marxism and Education-Dialogues on Pedagogy and Culture	p. 1
Marxism and Culture: Educational Perspectives
Culture, Class, and Curriculum: A Reflective Essay	p. 11
Learning to Labor with Feeling: Class, Gender, and Emotion in Childcare Education and Training	p. 39
ôFor a People's Clydebankö: Learning the Ethic of Solidarity amidst the Wreckage of Neoliberalism in Contemporary Scotland	p. 65
Marxism and the Culture of Educational Practice
Learning the Feeling Rules: Exploring Hochschild's Thesis on the Alienating Experience of Emotional Labor	p. 89
Adult Education and the ôMatterö of Consciousness in Marxist-Feminism	p. 117
A Little Night Reading: Marx, Assessment, and the Professional Doctorate in Education	p. 141
Marxism and Education: Advancing Theory
From Relational Ontology to Transformative Activist Stance on Development and Learning: Expanding Vygotsky's (CHAT) Project	p. 165
Activity, Activity Theory, and the Marxian Legacy	p. 193
Critical Pedagogy as Revolutionary Practice	p. 215
Notes on Contributors	p. 235
Name Index	p. 237
Subject Index	p. 241
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