| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 256 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Routledge studies in critical realism ; 3
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Routledge studies in critical realism ; 3.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-246) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Establishing the theoretical framework -- Structure, agency and educational change : Morphogenesis and the need for analytical dualism -- Culture, organisation theory and the new managerialism -- Child-centred philosophy, new managerialism and the English education system : A morphogenetic account -- Socio-cultural conditioning : Plowden, the philosophers and teacher training -- Socio-cultural interaction : Tyndale, Ruskin and the 'Black Paper' years -- Socio-cultural elaboration : The 1988 Education Reform Act and the new managerialism. |
| Summary |
Over the last two decades, the framework of economic competitiveness has become the defining aim of education. This book thoughtfully and persuasively argues against this new vision of education. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Educational sociology -- Europe.
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Educational sociology. |
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Europe. |
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Education, Elementary -- Social aspects -- Europe.
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Education, Elementary -- Social aspects. |
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Education, Elementary. |
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Elementary school teachers -- Europe.
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Elementary school teachers. |
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Education, Elementary -- Europe -- Philosophy.
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Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Willmott, Robert, 1972- Education policy and realist social theory. London ; New York : Routledge : Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003 |
| ISBN |
0203166531 (electronic book) |
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9780203166536 (electronic book) |
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1280401761 |
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9781280401763 |
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0415268397 (Cloth) |
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