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Meritocratic Education and Social Worthlessness

Meritocratic Education and Social Worthlessness

Hardcover

Series: Palgrave Pivot

General EducationGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1137324880
ISBN13: 9781137324887
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Dec 24 2012
Pages: 142
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.70
Language: English
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.

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