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Grubb W. Norton |
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Titolo |
The education gospel [[electronic resource] ] : the economic power of schooling / / W. Norton Grubb, Marvin Lazerson |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2004 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 322 p. ) : ill |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Education - Economic aspects - United States |
Vocational education - United States |
Education - Effect of technological innovations on |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 2004. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-308) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface Introduction: Believers and Dissenters 1 Transforming the High School 2 Professionalism in Higher Education 3 Dilemmas of the Community College 4 Second Chances in Job Training and Adult Education 5 The American Approach to Vocationalism 6 The Public and Private Benefits of Schooling 7 The Ambiguities of Separating Schooling and Work 8 The Evolution of Inequality 9 Vocationalism and the Education Gospel in the Twenty-First Century Notes References Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this hard-hitting history of 'the gospel of education', the authors reveal the allure, and the fallacy, of the longstanding American faith that more schooling for more people is the remedy for all our social and economic problems - and that the central purpose of education is workplace preparation. |
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