Education as Reproduction – Education for Reproduction

Abstract

This article examines the process of sociocultural reproduction as a fundamental alternative to the dominant paradigms of functioning and development. Reproduction is conceptualized as a structure comprising three inductive cycles, integrated by an over-arching constructive cycle, and this model is applied to the sphere of education. The analysis offers a sharp critique of the contemporary trend to employ artificial intelligence as a means of displacing human beings from the intellectual sphere.