How to Succeed in School Without Really Learning : The Credentials Race in American Education

Labaree, David F.

ISBN 10: 0300069936 / ISBN 13: 9780300069938

Verlag: Yale University Press, 1997

Beschreibung

Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6120863-20

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: How to Succeed in School Without Really Learning : The Credentials Race in American Education
• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0300069936
• ISBN-13: 9780300069938
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Good
• Gewicht: 1,477 Pfund

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Inhaltsangabe

This text argues that the connection between schooling and social mobility may be doing more harm than good, for the pursuit of educational credentials has come to take precedence over the acquisition of knowledge.

Reseña del editor

David Labaree claims that by thinking of education primarily as the route to individual advancement, we are defining it as a private good - a means of gaining a competitive advantage over other people. He endorses an alternative vision, one that defines education as a public good, providing society with benefits that can be collectively shared - for example, by producing citizens who are politically responsible and workers who are economically productive.