1, the concept and theory of educational reproduction
Education is not to promote social equity, but the root of social differences and opposites. Critical educators believe that education in capitalist society is a reproduction mechanism, which copies the existing inequality and discrimination in society to schools through stratification, track separation, examinations and courses, so that the dominant classes and groups can continue to enjoy more resources and opportunities.
2. The performance and influence of educational reproduction.
Education replicates the dominant social ideology, culture and economic structure. Critical educators point out that education not only imparts knowledge and skills, but also conveys hidden courses such as values, behavioral norms and lifestyles. These hidden courses often conform to and strengthen the interests and viewpoints of the ruling class and elite groups, while ignoring or suppressing the voices and needs of other classes and groups.
3. The goal and method of critical pedagogy.
Critical pedagogy is to reveal the interests behind seemingly normal educational phenomena and make teachers and students sensitive to the surrounding educational environment, thus "enlightening". Critical educators advocate the use of practical critical attitudes and methods to analyze educational problems, arouse people's rational thinking, inspire the oppressed to reflect on oppression and its roots, and guide them to join the struggle for liberation through this reflection.
Basic definition of critical pedagogy
1, critical pedagogy is a kind of thinking.
The way to solve the problem and reform is to think, deal with and reform classroom teaching, knowledge production, school system structure and the wider relationship between community, society and country. Critical pedagogy tries to eliminate all kinds of inequalities in this social and economic foundation.
2. Critical pedagogy refers to an intentional tendency.
It attempts to construct a special situation, in which teachers and students can critically think about how knowledge (knowledge related to the construction of social experience activated by the special relationship between individuals, others and the wider world) is produced and changed.
3. Critical pedagogy is a movement.
In this movement, people pay attention to the influence of modern society on children's growth, and there are many ways to think and explore, such as hermeneutics, dialectics, history, ideological criticism and so on.