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Education, globalization, and social change / edited by Hugh Lauder [and others].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Description: xxvii, 1182 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0199272530
  • 9780199272532
Other title:
  • Education, globalisation, and social change
  • Education, globalization, & social change [Cover title]
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 306.43 23
LOC classification:
  • LC191 .E4247 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Classic texts -- Contemporary theories of social change -- Education, globalization and the nation state -- Education, knowledge and the global labour market The family, opportunity and social mobility -- Power, culture and the politics of identities -- Changing education and teachers' work -- Curriculum, learning and assessment -- Universities, higher education and lifelong learning -- Education and development.
Summary: "Education is seen as central to economic competitiveness, the reduction of poverty and inequality, and environmental sustainability. The editors ... have selected key writings that examine the social and economic limits--and posibilities--of education in addressing these fundamental problems. This new reader defines the field of sociology of eduxcation with a particular focus on papers that analyse the nature and extent of gobalization in education."--Cover.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 306.43 EDU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Issued 27/11/2024 A537645B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 306.43 EDU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A563879B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 306.43 EDU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A533811B
Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 306.43 EDU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A537649B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classic texts -- Contemporary theories of social change -- Education, globalization and the nation state -- Education, knowledge and the global labour market The family, opportunity and social mobility -- Power, culture and the politics of identities -- Changing education and teachers' work -- Curriculum, learning and assessment -- Universities, higher education and lifelong learning -- Education and development.

"Education is seen as central to economic competitiveness, the reduction of poverty and inequality, and environmental sustainability. The editors ... have selected key writings that examine the social and economic limits--and posibilities--of education in addressing these fundamental problems. This new reader defines the field of sociology of eduxcation with a particular focus on papers that analyse the nature and extent of gobalization in education."--Cover.

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