Marxism and Education

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction and Overview: Marxism and Education—Dialogues on Pedagogy and Culture

   1. Introduction and Overview: Marxism and Education—Dialogues on Pedagogy and Culture

      • Peter E. Jones

      Pages 1-8

3. Marxism and Culture: Educational Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Culture, Class, and Curriculum: A Reflective Essay

      • Terry Wrigley

      Pages 11-38

   3. Learning to Labor with Feeling: Class, Gender, and Emotion in Childcare Education and Training

      • Helen Colley

      Pages 39-64

   4. “For a People’s Clydebank”: Learning the Ethic of Solidarity amidst the Wreckage of Neoliberalism in Contemporary Scotland

      • Chik Collins

      Pages 65-86

4. Marxism and the Culture of Educational Practice

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87

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   2. Learning the Feeling Rules: Exploring Hochschild’s Thesis on the Alienating Experience of Emotional Labor

      • Paul Brook

      Pages 89-116

   3. Adult Education and the “Matter” of Consciousness in Marxist-Feminism

      • Sara Carpenter, Shahrzad Mojab

      Pages 117-140

   4. A Little Night Reading: Marx, Assessment, and the Professional Doctorate in Education

      • Victoria Perselli

      Pages 141-161

5. Marxism and Education: Advancing Theory

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163

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   2. From Relational Ontology to Transformative Activist Stance on Development and Learning: Expanding Vygotsky’s (CHAT) Project

      • Anna Stetsenko

      Pages 165-192

   3. Activity, Activity Theory, and the Marxian Legacy

      • Peter E. Jones

      Pages 193-213

   4. Critical Pedagogy as Revolutionary Practice

      • Peter McLaren

      Pages 215-234

6. Back Matter

   Pages 235-248

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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.

• adult education
• education
• feminism
• gender
• Karl Marx

"As faith in capitalism continues to wobble, as radical educators sense a new energy and interest in alternatives, this volume brings fresh, bracing perspectives to the struggle. Robust and nuanced new Marxist scholarship animates cases ranging from nursery teachers to Venezuela s education reforms, and offers invaluable, powerful critical tools for those seeking to rejuvenate dialogues in Marxism and education." - Tara Fenwick, Professor of Professional Education, University of Stirling"Congratulations to Peter E. Jones and the other contributors to this excellent volume - one that reflects the continuing value of Marxist thought in the field of educational research and that is also an admirable addition to the important project set in motion by Glenn Rikowskiand Anthony Green. All of us in the field of Marxist educational research and practice owe them and all those who carry on this projectour gratitude." - Paula Allman, author of Critical Education Against Global Capitalism: Karl Marx and Revolutionary Critical Education

PETER E. JONES is Principal Lecturer in Communication Studies at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

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