Re-Schooling Society

Informationen zum Autor David Hartley Klappentext This text describes and explains the sense of uncertainty faced by educators as the millenium approaches. It highlights the many transitions taking place in all aspects of public life and education during the postmodern phase of late capitalism by using examples from the study of childhood, curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and organization of education. It also considers attempts made so far by policy makers in the western industrialized nations to come to terms with rapid cultural and social changes whilst, at the same time, trying to maintain competitive economies to meet the growing challenge of the emergent Pacific Rim nations. Zusammenfassung This text describes and explains the sense of uncertainty faced by educators as the millennium approaches. It highlights the many transitions taking place in all aspects of public life and education during the postmodern phase of late capitalism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Re-schooling Society: An Introduction; Chapter 2 The Path to the Postmodern; Chapter 3 Post(?)Modernity; Chapter 4 Sociological Theories of the Postmodern; Chapter 5 Curriculum; Chapter 6 Pedagogy; Chapter 7 Assessment; Chapter 8 Management; Chapter 9 Education Transformed?;

Product details

• Authors: David Hartley, David (University of Glasgow Hartley
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.1997
• EAN: 9780750706230
• ISBN: 978-0-7507-0623-0
• No. of pages: 179
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Administration / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies