The relationship between business interest and social studies
education has always been somewhat contentious. Although the two groups
share some common goals, there are fundamental differences that create
significant tentions. Those tentions have reverberated throughout
society and show no sign of abating.
The movement for vocational education conceals within itself two mighty and opposing forces, one which would utilize the public school primarily to turn out more efficient laborers in the present economic regime, with certain incidental advantages to themselves, the other which would utilize all the resources of public education to equip individuals to control their own future economic careers, and thus help on such a reorganization of industry as will change it from a feudalistic to a democratic order.
Dewey, 1917:34-35
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