Educational Reform and Social Change
- 1 July 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
- Vol. 10 (3) , 304-320
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002188637401000303
Abstract
Most contemporary societies view the educational system as a powerful tool of social change. This paper argues, however, that the schools will always be used to reproduce society rather than to modify it. It contends that educational reform can never be used as an independent force for changing social, economic, and political relationships and that attempts at reform have always failed when they violated the tenets of the policy.Keywords
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