Class Social Theory and Education

This is a theoretical course common to all students on the PhD programme. It aims to initiate a reflection on the contributions of Social Theory to the approach to Education issues.

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Theme 1: School and society: production and reproduction of the conditions of change. The school in the construction of the modern nation-state. School model and ‘school grammar'Description of contents Theme 2. The historical construction of the social sciences, from the 18th century to 1945. The founding classics (Marx, Weber, Durkheim). Debates and crossroads of the present Theme 3 Inequalities and ideologies Theme 4. School inequalities and sociological explanations. Pierre Bourdieu's theory of cultural reproduction Theme 5 The New School movement and critical and emancipatory pedagogies: Dewey, Freinet and Freire Theme 6 Globalisation and neoliberalism. Concepts and implications for education policies Theme 7. The utopia of education as a project for social and cognitive justice. Debates and projects in conflict

 . Presentation of the thematic lines in a synthetic and questioning way.  . Individual and group readings and analyses, to be carried out during the Seminar (in person).  . Informed debates based on the bibliography distributed during the Seminar (online)  . Personal (critical) summaries of the work topics (online) .  . Self-assessment and final assessment of the module in person and online.

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