Marxism and Education : Renewing the Dialogue, Pedagogy, and Culture

"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. 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"--Provided by publisher NL-ZmNBD Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction and Overview: Marxism and Education—Dialogues on Pedagogy and Culture....Pages 1-8 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Culture, Class, and Curriculum: A Reflective Essay....Pages 11-38 Learning to Labor with Feeling: Class, Gender, and Emotion in Childcare Education and Training....Pages 39-64 “For a People’s Clydebank”: Learning the Ethic of Solidarity amidst the Wreckage of Neoliberalism in Contemporary Scotland....Pages 65-86 Front Matter....Pages 87-87 Learning the Feeling Rules: Exploring Hochschild’s Thesis on the Alienating Experience of Emotional Labor....Pages 89-116 Adult Education and the “Matter” of Consciousness in Marxist-Feminism....Pages 117-140 A Little Night Reading: Marx, Assessment, and the Professional Doctorate in Education....Pages 141-161 Front Matter....Pages 163-163 From Relational Ontology to Transformative Activist Stance on Development and Learning: Expanding Vygotsky’s (CHAT) Project....Pages 165-192 Activity, Activity Theory, and the Marxian Legacy....Pages 193-213 Critical Pedagogy as Revolutionary Practice....Pages 215-234 Back Matter....Pages 235-248 "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. 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"-- Provided by publisher