Understanding Education and Economics: Key Debates and Critical Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780367074654 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 124 str.

Jessie A. Bustillos Morales; Sandra Abegglen

Opis

Understanding Education and Economics explores the multiple ways in which the field of education and schooling has become closely aligned with economic imperatives and interests, and the impact of this on learning and teaching.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: How can we Make Sense of the Influence of Economics in Education?  2. Economics: Introducing key concepts and economics education  3. Elementary Education and Child Labour: From economic to ecological histories of modern childhood  4. Authority and Trust beyond Neoliberalism: A critical reflection on education as useful for the economy  5. Illusions of 'Choice' in Education: Shaping the neoliberal subject in the United Kingdom  6. An Exploration of Human Capital Theory and its Impact on the World of Education  7. Inequalities, Precariousness and Education: Schooling precarious workers  8. The Economics of the University: Knowledge, the market and the state  9. Education as a practice of freedom: negotiating knowledges at a Pakistani women's organisation  10. Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Criticality in Uncertain Times