The conventional process of schooling primarily seeks to shape learners into:

Concept

Schooling is an institution of socialisation: besides transmitting knowledge, it acquaints learners with a society's accepted norms, duties, and civic expectations.

In conventional schooling, this socialising function generally favours adjustment to the existing social order and the formation of compliant citizens, rather than a radical challenge to that order.

Application

The phrase “ideal citizen-subject” describes a learner shaped to internalise institutionally approved civic conduct and responsibilities. That description directly matches the conventional model of schooling asked about here.

Contrast

• A revolutionary thinker seeks fundamental change in established institutions; this is a transformative stance rather than the usual conforming aim of conventional schooling.

• A self-reliant professional centres occupational competence and independent livelihood; vocational self-reliance is narrower than schooling's general socialising function.

• A critical evaluator examines assumptions and evidence independently; that reflective role challenges passive conformity rather than defining its conventional objective.

Result

Therefore, the conventional process primarily models the learner as an ideal citizen-subject.