| Description |
1 online resource (x, 294 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cassell education
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Cassell education.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-286) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Contributors; Acknowledgements; Sources; 1 Lineages of the Learning Society; Part 1 Perspectives on the Learning Society; Part 2 The Learning Society and Public Policy; Part 3 The Critical Debate; Part 4 Conclusion; References; Name Index; Subject Index. |
| Summary |
As an approach to the diverse and shifting learning needs of today, the learning society labours under a definitional generosity which has led to three different models evolving with competing claims. This book traces the history of the concept and lucidly lays out these three interpretive models: learning for work, learning for citizenship and learning for democracy. The book's close scrutiny concludes with an analysis that synthesizes and sharpens our understanding of the learning society. With due consideration given to the emerging critique and with chapters from public bodies engaged in i. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Educational sociology.
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Educational sociology. |
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Education -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
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Education -- Social aspects. |
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Great Britain. |
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Education -- Aims and objectives -- Great Britain.
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Education -- Aims and objectives. |
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Education and state -- Great Britain.
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Education and state. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ranson, Stewart.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Inside the learning society. London ; New York : Cassell, 1998 0304701815 9780304701810 (DLC) 99165889 (OCoLC)40621266 |
| ISBN |
9781847141620 (electronic book) |
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1847141625 (electronic book) |
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0304701815 (hardback) |
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0304701823 (paperback) |
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9780304701827 |
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