Table of contents : Acknowledgments Introduction Gramsci’s relevance Gramsci’s life Education and the concept of hegemony 1 The schooling of children Introduction The curriculum of the school Curriculum and the sociology of knowledge Curriculum as ‘the entire thought of the past’ School assessment and examinations Educational method: school as work Instruction or education? Authority, teachers and teaching Education and Fascism Politics and schooling: correspondence or contradiction? The structure and organisation of the school system Educational theory as counter-cyclical Schooling: towards the education of adults 2 The education of adults Political education as adult education Education and the problem of the intellectuals Technical and vocational education 3 Theory and practice in education The philosophy of praxis Polytechnical education and the relationship between theory and practice Education and Gramsci’s conception of praxis Theory, practice and the education of teachers Theory, practice and the problem of relevance Conclusion Notes A note on sources Bibliography