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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818289103321

Titolo

Educational issues in the learning age / / edited by Catherine Matheson and David Matheson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2000

ISBN

1-281-29810-7

9786611298104

1-84714-395-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MathesonDavid

MathesonCatherine C

Disciplina

370.1

Soggetti

Education - Social aspects

Education - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Educational Spaces and Discourses; 2 Education and Cultural Identity; 3 Education and Religion; 4 Education and Citizenship; 5 Education and Professionalism; 6 Education and Governance; 7 Education and Effectiveness; 8 Education and Training; 9 Education and Self-directed Learning; 10 Education and Empowerment; 11 Education and Disempowerment; 12 Education in Non-traditional Spaces; 13 Education and Lifelong Learning 'Systems'; 14 Education and the Third Wave; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Education and its context are both changing rapidly. In a world characterized by postmodernism and globalization, even the discourses that we use to discuss education are changing. This raises fundamental questions concerning the relationship of education to culture, identity, society, and power.To understand education in the twenty-first century we need a new map. By considering issues both fundamental and tpoical from citizenship to lifelong learning, from school effectiveness to learning outside the school, this book provides a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary guide to education in the new