The Schooled Society : The Educational Transformation of Global Culture /

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Only 150 years ago, the majority of the world's population was largely illiterate. Today, not only do most people over fifteen have basic reading and writing skills, but 20 percent of the population attends some form of higher education. What are the effects of such radical, large-scale change?...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baker, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Education and globalization.
Education > Social aspects.
Social change.
education revolution.
formal education and society.
neo-institutional theory.
schooled society.
social change.
the university.
world culture.
world polity.
worldwide education expansion.
EDUCATION / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Preface
  • Introduction: A Quiet Revolution
  • 1. From Education Revolution to the Schooled Society
  • 2. Constructing Culture: Academic Intelligence, Social Status, and Human Rights
  • 3. The Incredible Longevity of the Western University
  • 4. Mass Education and the Super Research University
  • 5. Constructing Reality: Ice Cream, Women's Studies, and the MBA
  • 6. The Educational Transformation of Work
  • 7. Credentialing in the Schooled Society
  • 8. The Transformation of Knowledge and Truth Claims
  • 9. Failure, Redemption, and the Construction of the Self
  • 10. An Educated Polity: The Universal Solvent and the Political Paradox
  • 11. An Educated Laity: The Education-Religion Paradox
  • Conclusion The Schooled Society and Beyond: Ubiquitous, Formidable, and Noisy
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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