The great American education-industrial complex : ideology, technology, and profit / / Anthony G. Picciano, Joel Spring

• Autore: Picciano Anthony G.
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.1/035
• Soggetto topico: Academic-industrial collaboration - United States
• Altri autori: SpringJoel H
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The great American education-industrial complex
• ISBN: 1-136-32229-9; 0-415-52413-X; 0-203-12061-2; 1-283-86222-0; 1-136-32230-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910960820903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education.