Adam Smith's Perspective on the Tension Between Education and Economy
This paper analyzes Smith's theory compared to the analyses present in the theories of economics of education and philosophy of education. Adam Smith argues that education plays an essential role in the evolution and development of market societies. For Smith, education is not an aggregate of...
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| description | This paper analyzes Smith's theory compared to the analyses present in the theories of economics of education and philosophy of education. Adam Smith argues that education plays an essential role in the evolution and development of market societies. For Smith, education is not an aggregate of economic relations. Still, it intervenes to account for the pathologies that the market society develops in its evolution, related to ignorance, stupidity and the loss of sociability. This sense of pertinence is compared with that proposed by contemporary educational policies in higher education, from the analysis of the economics of education, which end up developing proposals that are functional to socio-economic logic. The perspective of education as a space for resolving pathologies is similar to the positions of the philosophy of education developed by Dewey and Mill, which, according to Kitcher (2009), seek to increase public knowledge for society. Smith's approach is adequate to understand the place of education in societies where mercantile logics predominate; however, his practical solutions are inadequate because they end up reproducing what he wants to avoid, the pathologies of the market. In this sense, the purpose is in tension with its applicability; this tension is nothing more than a sample of the problems that the market society develops when it tries to position education in the life space of society. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-161132024-03-20T22:34:18Z Adam Smith's Perspective on the Tension Between Education and Economy La tensión entre educación y economía desde la perspectiva de Adam Smith Gallardo Eraso, Luis Alvaro economía clásica Adam Smith teoría de la educación economía de la educación filosofía de la educación políticas públicas en educación classical economics Adam Smith educational theory economics of education philosophy of education public policy in education This paper analyzes Smith's theory compared to the analyses present in the theories of economics of education and philosophy of education. Adam Smith argues that education plays an essential role in the evolution and development of market societies. For Smith, education is not an aggregate of economic relations. Still, it intervenes to account for the pathologies that the market society develops in its evolution, related to ignorance, stupidity and the loss of sociability. This sense of pertinence is compared with that proposed by contemporary educational policies in higher education, from the analysis of the economics of education, which end up developing proposals that are functional to socio-economic logic. The perspective of education as a space for resolving pathologies is similar to the positions of the philosophy of education developed by Dewey and Mill, which, according to Kitcher (2009), seek to increase public knowledge for society. Smith's approach is adequate to understand the place of education in societies where mercantile logics predominate; however, his practical solutions are inadequate because they end up reproducing what he wants to avoid, the pathologies of the market. In this sense, the purpose is in tension with its applicability; this tension is nothing more than a sample of the problems that the market society develops when it tries to position education in the life space of society. Este documento examina la teoría de Smith en comparación con los análisis presentes en las teorías de economía de la educación y de la filosofía de la educación. Adam Smith plantea que la educación desempeña un papel esencial en la evolución y el desarrollo de las sociedades de mercado. Para Smith, la educación no es un agregado de las relaciones económicas, sino que interviene para dar cuenta de las patologías que la sociedad mercantil genera en su evolución, relacionadas con la ignorancia, la estupidez y la pérdida de sociabilidad. Este sentido de pertinencia se confronta con el propuesto por las políticas educativas contemporáneas en educación superior, desde los análisis de la economía de la educación, que terminan por desarrollar propuestas funcionales a las lógicas socioeconómicas. La perspectiva de la educación como espacio para la solución de patologías se vuelve afín a las posturas de la filosofía de la educación abordadas por Dewey y Mill que buscan, al decir de Kitcher (2009), el aumento del conocimiento público para la sociedad. El planteamiento de Smith es adecuado para entender el lugar de la educación en sociedades donde predominan lógicas mercantiles; sin embargo, sus soluciones prácticas son inadecuadas porque terminan reproduciendo lo que quiere evitar: las patologías del mercado. En este sentido, el propósito entra en tensión con su aplicabilidad, y esta tensión no es más que la muestra de los problemas que surgen en la sociedad de mercado cuando se pretende posicionar a la educación en el espacio de vida de la sociedad. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2023-08-04 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer reviewed Article application/pdf text/xml https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/cenes/article/view/16113 10.19053/01203053.v42.n76.2023.16113 Apuntes del Cenes; Vol. 42 No. 76 (2023); 71-91 Apuntes del Cenes; Vol. 42 Núm. 76 (2023); 71-91 2256-5779 0120-3053 spa https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/cenes/article/view/16113/13468 https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/cenes/article/view/16113/13870 Copyright (c) 2023 luis Alvaro Gallardo Eraso http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
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| title | Adam Smith's Perspective on the Tension Between Education and Economy |
| title_alt | La tensión entre educación y economía desde la perspectiva de Adam Smith |
| title_full | Adam Smith's Perspective on the Tension Between Education and Economy |
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| title_short | Adam Smith's Perspective on the Tension Between Education and Economy |
| title_sort | adam smith s perspective on the tension between education and economy |
| topic | economía clásica Adam Smith teoría de la educación economía de la educación filosofía de la educación políticas públicas en educación classical economics Adam Smith educational theory economics of education philosophy of education public policy in education |
| topic_facet | economía clásica Adam Smith teoría de la educación economía de la educación filosofía de la educación políticas públicas en educación classical economics Adam Smith educational theory economics of education philosophy of education public policy in education |
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