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ERIC Number: EJ514052
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-9100-1139
Some Thoughts On the National Socialization of Children.
Gatto, John Taylor
Skole: The Journal of Alternative Education, v12 n3 p32-56 Sum 1995
The national socialization of children through public schooling involves "dumbing children down" so they are unable to use democratic machinery and traditions to defend themselves against a managed society. This practice also eliminates local control of educational goals and practices, allowing families to be replaced by the hired voices of social managers. (LP)
Descriptors: Centralization, Conformity, Democracy, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Elitism, Government Role, Hidden Curriculum, National Curriculum, Parent Participation, Politics of Education, Public Schools, Social Control, Socialization, Values
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Local Control
Note: Journal availability: Down-to-Earth Books, 72 Philip St., Albany, NY 12202.