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The education gospel : the economic power of schooling / / W. Norton Grubb, Marvin Lazerson



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Autore: Grubb W. Norton Visualizza persona
Titolo: The education gospel : the economic power of schooling / / W. Norton Grubb, Marvin Lazerson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2004
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 322 p. ) : ill
Disciplina: 338.4/737
Soggetto topico: Education - Economic aspects - United States
Vocational education - United States
Education - Effect of technological innovations on
Altri autori: LazersonMarvin  
Note generali: Originally published: 2004.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-308) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The education gospel  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-674-26409-6
0-674-03798-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910820056603321
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