Education, democracy and discourse / Knud Jensen and Stephen Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jensen, Knud, 1941-

Contributor:

Walker, Stephen, 1944-

Series:

Continuum studies in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy and education.

Education and state.

Educational change.

Democratization.

Physical Description:

vii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2008]

Summary:

Education, Democracy and Discourse presents a commentary on democracy in education, and the macro- and micro-political discourses which permit and prohibit this. The key themes explored are: the struggle for democracy in schools and society, the relationships between the processes of schooling and the preparation of the workforce in advanced capitalist societies, the radical transformations of schooling as part of state modernization projects of the neo-conservatives, the neo-liberals and the third way, the creeping destruction of the professional status and culture of public sector workers such as teachers, nurses and social workers. Education, Democracy and Discourse addresses and develops crucial theories in sociology and in the sociology of education and will be of key interest to sociologists and Education Studies students.

Contents:

Education, discourse and the modernization of the state

Discourse and change in education

Democratization and schooling

Work, education and democratization

Teaching and regulatory reform

Democratic action research in education

International perspectives and the work of the teacher

Modernization and teacher status

Managerialism and the management of teaching

Education and the discourse of standards.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-185) and index.

ISBN:

9780826496003

0826496008

OCLC:

156830923