ما الغاية من وجود المدارس؟

Abstract

This paper addresses the question «what are schools for? » and argues that each generation has to answer this question for itself. It makes the case that schools have a distinct role in modern societies to provide access to concepts which enable young people to move beyond their experience in ways that would not be open to them in their families and communities. It presents an alternative perspective to educational policies which see schools primarily as instruments of economic policy and challenges much social science which focuses exclusively on the role of schools in cultural and social reproduction.