Ideology and Agency in the Process of Schooling*

The concept of ideology is interrogated as the necessary basis for a more fully developed theory of emancipatory pedagogy. It is argued that within the Marxist tradition ideology has largely been defined in terms of domination and that a more dynamic concept of ideology must be developed that includes the notions of agency, struggle, and critique. It is argued that ideology must be viewed as dialectical, including consciousness, meaning, and …