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Education, Globalization and Social Change

by Hugh Lauder

ISBN13: 9780199272532
ISBN10: 0199272530
Condition: Standard

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Education is seen as central to economic competitiveness, the reduction of poverty and inequality, and environmental sustainability. This book is an invaluable collection of key readings, with particular reference to globalization, for anyone concerned with the study of education at a time of major economic and social change.

PART 1: CLASSIC TEXTS

PART 2: CONTEMPORARY THEORIES OF SOCIAL CHANGE

PART 3: EDUCATION, GLOBALIZATION AND THE NATION STATE

PART 4: EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE AND THE GLOBAL LABOUR MARKET

PART 5: THE FAMILY, OPPORTUNITY AND SOCIAL MOBILITY

PART 6: POWER, CULTURE AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITIES

PART 7: CHANGING EDUCATION AND TEACHERS' WORK

PART 8: CURRICULUM, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT

PART9:UNIVERSITIES, HIGHER EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING

PART 10: EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT

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ISBN:: 9780199272532
Binding:: Trade Paperback
Publication date:: 09/07/2006
Publisher:: Oxford University Press, USA
Language:: English
Pages:: 1216
Height:: 1.76IN
Width:: 7.36IN
Thickness:: 1.6 in.
LCCN:: 2006014915
Number of Units:: 1
Editor:: Hugh Lauder
Editor:: A. H. Halsey
Editor:: Jo-Anne Dillabough
Editor:: Phillip Brown
Subject:: Sociology | Education
Subject:: Education
Subject:: Globalization
Subject:: Educational sociology