Betraying a Generation : How Education is Failing Young People /

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Ainley explains how English education is now driven by the economy and politics, having failed to deliver upward social mobility and a brighter future. Concludes with suggestions for positive change.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ainley, Patrick
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago, IL, USA : Policy Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Youth > Employment.
Education, Higher > Social aspects.
Education and state.
Education.
Education > Aims and objectives.
Education > Economic aspects.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
Education, Higher > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Education and state > Great Britain.
Education > Aims and objectives > Great Britain.
Education > Economic aspects > Great Britain.
Education > Great Britain > History > 21st century.
Great Britain.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Ainley explains how English education is now driven by the economy and politics, having failed to deliver upward social mobility and a brighter future. Concludes with suggestions for positive change.
THREE. Class structure in the 21st century; Pyramid or diamond?; Or an hourglass with a squeezed middle?; Instead, the class structure goes 'pear-shaped'; So farewell to the middle class?; Or farewell to the working class and hello to the precariat?; Summary; FOUR. RUNNING UP A DOWN-ESCALATOR; The new student experience; 'Independent state schools'; Opportunities to be unequal; Redrawing the academic and vocational divide; Selection and differentiation; Aiming higher?; Student or 'apprentice'?; Summary; FIVE. A new politics of education; Towards a democratic professionalism.
Physical Description:1 online resource (148 pages).
ISBN:9781447332121

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