Meritocratic Education and Social Worthlessness

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-45908-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 142 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm

This book critically examines the socio-cultural role of achievement within education, arguing that the increasingly global demand for measurable standards of academic achievement is an expression of political ideology and the aggressive competitive reality of a neo-capitalist schooling system, resulting in many students feeling socially worthless.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lampert, Khen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Belling the Ring 3. Worthlessness as Social Ideology 4. The Answer of Meritocracy 5. The Folly of Excellence 6. The Loss of Responsibility 7. The Problem of Worthlessness 8. The Difficulty of an Alternative

Über Autor(innen)

Khen Lampert is a Lecturer in the Department of East Asian Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel. He has previously published Traditions of Compassion; Compassionate Education: Prolegomena for Radical Schooling; and co-authored A Voice Unheard: Insight to Children's Distress.