| This research is a detailed analysis of code theory and the various ways it can be utilized to gain a deeper understanding of how culture is reproduced in a state capitalist society, like Canada, especially through the institution of education. It explores the phenomena of why elementary school children learn differently through a process called recontextualization. Code theory is developed in light of several sociological perspectives in education, and argues that both the diminished autonomy of teacher's work and the intersection of students, lived experiences have a profound effect on unequal educational experiences.;The thesis further establishes how symbolic control is encoded in the physical and ideological levels of society, as well as in other institutional settings in Canadian society. Of special concern is the critical examination of pedagogical discourse and how it creates and enforces state control, particularly within Ontario's educational system. |
