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Title Knowledge and nationhood : education, politics and work / James Avis [and others].

Publication Info. London ; New York, NY : Cassell, 1996.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 198 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cassell education
Cassell education.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-192) and indexes.
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.
Summary 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 areas of educational provision and which addresses the profound changes taking place in the relationship between national and global citizenship. The text also includes a critique of New Right policies.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Subject Education and state -- Great Britain.
Education and state.
Great Britain.
Education -- Political aspects -- Great Britain.
Education -- Political aspects.
Education -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain.
Education -- Economic aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Avis, James.
Added Title Education, politics, and work
Other Form: Print version: Knowledge and nationhood. London ; New York, NY : Cassell, 1996 0304335800 9780304335800 (DLC) 96213930 (OCoLC)35690701
ISBN 9781847144324 (electronic book)
1847144322 (electronic book)
0304335800
9780304335800
0304335819 (paperback)
9780304335817 (paperback)