Alan Sears, Retooling the Mind Factory: Education in a Lean State
Topic: Alan Sears, Retooling the Mind Factory: Education in a Lean State
Abstract
One of the neo-liberal reform agenda is the “lean state”. The lean concept involves every aspect of social changes. This paper will begin discussing the effects of lean state in education reform. Then, it will expand any dramatic changes according to neo-liberal agenda. These changes require to be built upon the most efficient production system the lean production. As a result, the education reform will have a certain impact on other levels of social changes from individuals to cultural scales.
The lean state concept
The lean state is the social platform that supports the capitalist restructuring processes by means of lean production methods. The core of lean production is to eliminate the waste down to the minimum level and yet increase the productivity and efficiency. To reduce the waste, the lean production requires a large number of polarized workforces working in the low cost without any security. This working condition requires a new form of workspaces and disciplines. As a result, the lean production leads to education reform since education system has built a future competent workforce for the lean world (Sears, Page 2). In order to have an understanding about the education in lean state, we need to discuss about the education in broad welfare state. The education system in broad welfare state
The compulsory education system in Ontario is one of powerful examples of bringing citizens into the embrace of the state (Sears, Page 30). Citizenship acts as a bridge that connects an individual and the state together. Citizenship is consisted of many disciplines that define the freedom and equality in terms of political rights (Sears, Page 32). Citizenship is a rich form of disciplines that revolves around precision and thoroughness. Citizenship has a strong connection with the balance of rights and obligations (Sears, Page 88) or the conception of freedom with
Abstract
One of the neo-liberal reform agenda is the “lean state”. The lean concept involves every aspect of social changes. This paper will begin discussing the effects of lean state in education reform. Then, it will expand any dramatic changes according to neo-liberal agenda. These changes require to be built upon the most efficient production system the lean production. As a result, the education reform will have a certain impact on other levels of social changes from individuals to cultural scales.
The lean state concept
The lean state is the social platform that supports the capitalist restructuring processes by means of lean production methods. The core of lean production is to eliminate the waste down to the minimum level and yet increase the productivity and efficiency. To reduce the waste, the lean production requires a large number of polarized workforces working in the low cost without any security. This working condition requires a new form of workspaces and disciplines. As a result, the lean production leads to education reform since education system has built a future competent workforce for the lean world (Sears, Page 2). In order to have an understanding about the education in lean state, we need to discuss about the education in broad welfare state. The education system in broad welfare state
The compulsory education system in Ontario is one of powerful examples of bringing citizens into the embrace of the state (Sears, Page 30). Citizenship acts as a bridge that connects an individual and the state together. Citizenship is consisted of many disciplines that define the freedom and equality in terms of political rights (Sears, Page 32). Citizenship is a rich form of disciplines that revolves around precision and thoroughness. Citizenship has a strong connection with the balance of rights and obligations (Sears, Page 88) or the conception of freedom with
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