High school curricula should be focused more than they are at present using Marxist pedagogy.

I have altered the topic of this debate by eliminating the previous argument for communism as an idealistic society being possible. I will put that on another debate, as I have tried it intertwined with the pedagogy debate as well, and that was quite difficult to juggle. Besides speaking about Marxist pedagogy in schools, I will also touch upon how our current situation(in education) has negative effects and how to actually implement Marxist pedagogy to 'fix' them. I am going to focus more on Paulo Freire's pedagogy. My basic understanding of his espoused teaching method is as follows: Mere memorization and regurgitation of information is thrown out, and instead, the education brought in, assumes this order. 1. The teacher conveys information to the 'student'. 2. The student takes this information and analyzes it and compares it with their knowledge of the subject at the time and logically and assertively creates a new 'understanding' of the subject 3. The student then converses and argues with the teacher of both of their understandings. 4. A possible new consensus or continuation of disagreement occurs. 5. The new understanding is applied to their lives and methods of understanding in any manner, by de-compartmentalizing (de-centralizing) the information. (Contrary to the regimented education where, and I know this personally, as I am still in school, students gain information and hinder it by compartmentalizing it into ONLY the specified subject and willfully ignoring any possibility of applying it to any other 'subject'. This method would allow students to use the information they have attained to contribute to society in the best way that they can. And their choice of occupation, that would contribute to society, would be based not off of what comforts they have dreamed of possessing, but based on what they see as important and what they can excel in the most proficiently. Their choice will not determine the monetary and societal class manner they will live in; this should never be the case (This goes back to the society being Communistic, but that is for another debate). The teachings of Capitalism, which since it's the society we live in, it is the foundation of our education*, only lead students to learn how to undermine others in our society, through the 'dog eat dog' world people have created and still wish to sustain, since they are the ones who have excelled in it, and wish for no others to attain their level of prosperity, and if someone were to, that individual would just become another gear for the machine that is the continuation, of the present condition, that is Capitalism. No, I am not saying all 'wealthy' people are evil or any stereotype of that sort, I am simply making an observation and judgment. Implementing this method, if it were the desired method by a majority (conditioned by the type of 'government' we live in), could be attained by abolishing such administrations as the US Department of Education (which Ron Paul is wishing to do), and focus on private schooling; which could mean the abolition of the general, regimented, education system and more of a simple, open ended school system. This type of education, is very similar to the form that could be found in Germany. In Germany though, parents are forced to intervene in their child's education, which I believe to be the most important factor for a child's learning, as they control a child's willingness to learn and ascend in levels of education; in Germany, they are bound to do this by law, but I believe that through informing parents on how important their role is in their child's learning, we can, together, improve this country's education to a level never seen before. *- Jean Anyon's article "Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work" http://books.google.com... This article addresses the current situation of education, and how it is regimented to continue the fluctuation in education, solely based on the societal class of the area in which the school is located.