Meritocratic education and social worthlessness
Auteur :
Lampert, Khen
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781137324887
Date de publication :
24 déc. 2012
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book critically examines the socio-cultural role of achievement within education, arguing that the increasingly global demand for measurable standards of academic achievement is an expression of political ideology and the aggressive competitive reality of a neo-capitalist schooling system, resulting in many students feeling socially worthless.