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UNINA9910960820903321 |
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Autore |
Picciano Anthony G. |
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Titolo |
The great American education-industrial complex : ideology, technology, and profit / / Anthony G. Picciano, Joel Spring |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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1-136-32229-9 |
0-415-52413-X |
0-203-12061-2 |
1-283-86222-0 |
1-136-32230-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (201 p.) |
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Collana |
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Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Academic-industrial collaboration - United States |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction to the education-industrial complex and the power of networks -- The flat world as shaped by the shadow elite -- Technology in American education -- Corporate influences : no child left behind, privatization, and commercialization -- Profits, products and privatization -- Foundations and think tanks : policies and ideas supporting the educational-industrial complex -- Media : news media, edutainment and the education-industrial complex -- Conclusion: "a nation at risk" redux. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This critical analysis of the American educational-industrial complex--organizations, corporate entities, and political agents that seek to influence U.S. public education policy in accord with their own goals and objectives--posits that educational technology is the vehicle whereby it has grown and strengthened its position of influence. |
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