Paying for Education: Debating the Price of Progress

ISBN-13: 9781138998360 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 292 str.

Peter Davies

Opis

Uniquely presenting a general overview of economic principles applicable to all sectors of education, Paying for Education makes key economic ideas accessible to non-economists, whilst drawing on insights from other social science disciplines.

Recenzje

‘Paying for Education is an outstanding contribution to explaining and deciphering the complex economic issues confronting students, their families and societies. [..] The book is fully accessible to the curious reader, but also informative and technically rigorous for the analyst.’

Henry M. Levin, William Heart Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education, Columbia University and David Jacks Professor of Higher Education and Economics, Emeritus, Stanford University, USA

‘Paying for Education by Peter Davies is one of those ‘must-have’ books for students of education. It presents the economic and sociological principles necessary to gain a deeper understanding of the political issues around how and why education should be funded, and by whom. At its core are discussions about the value of education for individuals and for society, and how all this should be systematised to provide effectiveness in outcomes and efficiency in delivery.’

Anthony Kelly, Professor of Education, University of Southampton, UK.

‘The real strength of the book is in its clear and accessible explanations of core concepts in the economics of education: concise and genuinely accessible to a range of social scientists,'

Anna Vignoles, Professor of Education, University of Cambridge, UK

 

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Introduction  Chapter 2: The Value of Education for the Individual  Chapter 3: The Value of Education for a Society  Chapter 4: Private and Public Demand for Education  Chapter 5: Providing Education: Productivity, Cost, Efficiency and Equity  Chapter 6: Supplying Education: Choosing a System  Chapter 7: Policy Questions