Global Liberalism and Elite Schooling in Argentina

A response to Argentina's shifting political climate, Global Liberalism and Elite Schooling in Argentina reveals how elite schooling encourages the hoarding of educational advantage and reinforces social inequalities.

Sommario

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
FOREWORD by Jane Kenway
INTRODUCTION
I WORLD-CLASS PRACTICES
ONE A Constellational Approach to the Study of Elite Schooling
TWO Articulating the Sociology of Elite Education
and Global Ethnography
THREE Economy of Eliteness: Consuming Educational Advantage
II HISTORICAL FORCES
FOUR The Caledonian School's Establishment:
Empire, Nation, School
FIVE The Caledonian School's Ascendancy:
Authoritarianism, Populism, Post-Neoliberalism
III POLITICAL CULTURE
SIX "Drunk on Capitalism:" Teaching History to Rich Kids
SEVEN Moulding Plastic Liberalism:
Political Discussion during an Election Year
EIGHT Winners Helping Losers: The Comforts of Service Learning
CONCLUSION
AFTERWORD ON METHOD
REFERENCES

Info autore

Howard Prosser is a lecturer in Education at Monash University, Australia. He holds a PhD in History from the University of Western Australia and a PhD in Education from Monash University. He co-edited In the Realm of the Senses: Social Aesthetics and the Sensory Dynamics of Privilege (2015).

Riassunto

A response to Argentina’s shifting political climate, Global Liberalism and Elite Schooling in Argentina reveals how elite schooling encourages the hoarding of educational advantage and reinforces social inequalities.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Howard Prosser, Howard (Monash University Prosser, Prosser Howard
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781138211254
• ISBN: 978-1-138-21125-4
• Pagine: 204
• Serie: Education in Global Context; Education in Global Context
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; EDUCATION / General, Argentina, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Moral and social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy