Knowledge and nationhood : education, politics and work /

This text examines the implications of government policy for the curriculum, the professionalism of educational practitioners, and the training and career options of young people. It argues for a new educational agenda which recognizes the importance of intellectual investment and innovation in all...

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Other Authors: Avis, James
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : Cassell, 1996.
Series:Cassell education.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Will Hutton
  • 1. Knowledge and Nationhood: The New Right, Education and the Global Market / Geoff Esland
  • 2. Education, Training and Nation-State Capitalism: Britain's Failing Strategy / Geoff Esland
  • 3. The Myth of the Post-Fordist Society / James Avis
  • 4. Post-compulsory Education in a Post-industrial and Post-modern Age / Denis Gleeson
  • 5. The Enemy Within: Quality and Managerialism in Education / James Avis
  • 6. Careership: The Individual, Choices and Markets in the Transition into Work / Phil Hodkinson
  • 7. Education for Studentship / Martin Bloomer
  • 8. Where Next? Education and Democratic Politics.