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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463495203321

Autore

Fuller Bruce

Titolo

Growing-up modern : the western state builds third-world schools / / Bruce Fuller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2011, ©1991

ISBN

1-136-87108-X

0-203-83751-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 p.)

Collana

Routledge Library Editions: Development

Disciplina

379.68

Soggetti

Education and state - Africa, Southern

Public schools - Africa, Southern

Teachers - Africa, Southern

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published in 1991.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Editor's Introduction; Preface; 1 A Faithful Yet Rocky Romance Between State and School; 2 What Drives the Expansion and Deepening of Mass Schooling?; 3 Winding Up Schools: The State Constructs Teachers' Roles and Tools; 4 Strong States, Strong Teachers?; 5 Choice, Community and the Teaching Craft; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The modern state - First and Third Worlds alike - pushes tirelessly to expand mass education and to deepen the schools' effect upon children. First published in 1991, Growing-Up Modern explores why, how, and with what actual effects state actors so vehemently pursue this dual political agenda.Bruce Fuller first delves into the motivations held by politicians, education bureaucrats and civic elites as they earnestly seek to spread schooling to younger children, older adults and previously disenfranchised groups. Fuller argues that the school provides an institutional stage on which political ac