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, 1952 January 5- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]
Temas:
Education > Social aspects.
Social change.
Education and globalization.
Éducation et mondialisation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Education and globalization
Education > Social aspects
Social change
Utbildning > sociala aspekter.
Social förändring.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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? David Baker argues that the education revolution has transformed our world into a schooled society-that is, a society that is actively created and defined by education. Drawing on neo-institutionalism, The Schooled Society shows how mass education interjects itself and its ideologies into culture at larg.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 342 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780804790482
0804790485

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