6.3 - Industrial Society and Legacies

factory model of education
- Classes are bounded by time
- Bells = factory whistle
- Standardized
- Progress from grade to grade in lock-step no matter actual learning
Karl Marx (1818–1883)
- German
- Critic of Capitalism
- Called for the workers of the world to unite
- Believed history was driven by struggle between those who had the means of production & those who did the work of production (the Proletariat)
Adam Smith (1723–1790)
- Scottish economist & philosopher
- Known for his book The Wealth of Nations
- Champion of Capitalism
time-work discipline
- Workers had to work a certain number of hours
- Working to the clock instead of the task was new
urbanization
- Tons of people moved to the cities to work
William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
- English Romantic Poet
- Lamented Industrialization & mourned the loss of the former simpler times