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Meritocratic education and social worthlessness / Khen Lampert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lampert, Khen.
- Series:
- Palgrave pivot
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Standards--Social aspects.
- Education.
- Education--Standards--Psychological aspects.
- Self-esteem in children.
- Self-esteem in adolescence.
- School children--Psychology.
- School children.
- Education--Aims and objectives.
- Academic achievement.
- Education--Standards.
- Psychological aspects.
- Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online text (148 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- This book critically examines the socio-cultural role of achievement within education, arguing that the increasingly global demand for measurable standards of academic achievement is an expression of political ideology and the aggressive competitive reality of a neo-capitalist schooling system, resulting in many students feeling socially worthless. This book critically examines the socio-cultural role of achievement within education, arguing that the increasingly global demand for measurable standards of academic achievement is an expression of political ideology and the aggressive, competitive reality of a neo-capitalist schooling system. The book explores how this burgeoning demand in education systems contrasts with the very foundations of education and educational common-sense, which should value achievement as a basis for developing a positive sense of worth for all students and for nurturing their potential. Instead, these systems are structured by consumerism, exploitation and marginalization, breeding a social-Darwinian atmosphere within school environments that results in many students feeling socially worthless and as though they have under-achieved.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction 2. Belling the Ring 3. Worthlessness as Social Ideology 4. The Answer of Meritocracy 5. The Folly of Excellence 6. The Loss of Responsibility 7. The Problem of Worthlessness 8. The Difficulty of an Alternative.
- Notes:
- Part of the Palgrave Pivot collection, available through Palgrave Connect.
- ISBN:
- 9781137324894
- 1137324899
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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