Marxism & Education

Index to the works of Marxists and others on education, cognitive psychology

and child development.

Because Marxists have tended to approach the whole range

of psychological issues — development, feeling, neurosis,
pathology, personality and character — from the point of
view of cognitive and linguistic development, much of the
material in this subject archive is also found in the more
comprehensive Psychology Subject Archive. Likewise, for
Marxists, there has never been a sharp line between social
and individual development, so social theory penetrates
deeply into both psychology and educational theory.

The Marxist approach to education is broadly constructivist,

and emphasises activity, collaboration and critique, rather than passive
absorption of knowledge, emulation of elders and conformism; it is student-
centred rather than teacher centred, but recognises that education cannot
transcend the problems and capabilities of the society in which it is located.

This archive lists the works of Marxist and some non-Marxist writers on
teaching and learning to be found on the Marxists Internet Archive.