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How to Succeed in School Without Really Learning
David LabareeLog in to track your reading progress.
Overview
David Labaree claims that by thinking of education primarily as the route to individual advancement, we are defining it as a private good - a means of gaining a competitive advantage over other people. He endorses an alternative vision, one that defines education as a public good, providing society with benefits that can be collectively shared - for example, by producing citizens who are politically responsible and workers who are economically productive.Book Details
Published
October 1, 1997
Publisher
New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c1997.
Pages
334
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780300069938