5 Aspects of Power

• 1-issues are enacted in the classroom
• 2-there is a culture of power
• 3-the rules reflect those who have the power
• 4-know the rules to gain power easily
• 5-those with power are not willing to acknowledge

1-Issues of power

• -are enacted in the classroom:
• -power of teacher over students
• -power of textbook publishers
• -power of the state
• -power of the school

2-Culture of power

• -rules/ codes for participating
• -the way you talk
• - the way you write
• -the way you dress
• -the way you interact

3-rules reflect those who have power

• -the culture is based on those who have the power
• -the more powerful=the more successful
• -children in middle class do better because 
• they are being taught and school is being run 
• by upper class

4-the rules need to be known

• -knowing the rules allows easier access to
• the culture
• -being informed about the culture allows
• for easier transition into it

5-those with power don't know or care

• -people are not willing to acknowledge
• that they have the power
• -those with less power know where the 
• power is being held
• power = indirect communication 

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education that:

• Reflects liberal middle class values-
• -maintain the status-quo
• -power must remain in the hands of 
• those that already have it

Liberal Educators:

• Goals:
• -children to become autonomous
• -develop without outside influences
• -but not all children are used to this culture
• -others want children taught success stragies