Neoliberalism, Pedagogy and Human Development : Exploring Time, Mediation and Collectivity in Contemporary Schools.

Neoliberalism, Pedagogy and Human Development : Exploring Time, Mediation and Collectivity in Contemporary Schools.

In most Western developed countries, adult life is increasingly organized on the basis of short-term work contracts and reduced social security funds. In this context it seems that producing efficient job-seekers and employees becomes the main aim of educational programs for the next generation. Thr...

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Main Author: Kontopodis, Michalis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Series:Routledge research in education.
Subjects:
Education > Social aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Critical pedagogy > Cross-cultural studies.
Minorities > Education > Cross-cultural studies.
Neoliberalism > Cross-cultural studies.
EDUCATION > General.
EDUCATION > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
EDUCATION > Aims & Objectives.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Critical pedagogy
Education > Social aspects
Minorities > Education
Neoliberalism
Cross-cultural studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Neoliberalism, Pedagogy and Human Development; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction Looking to the Future; 1 Learning, Development and Technologies of the Self Dealing With Critical Situations and Marginalization at an Experimental Secondary School in Germany; 2 "Either Now or Never "The Developmental Temporalities of School-to-Work Transition; Interlude: "I Can't Begin Anything With This"; 3 Freedom Writers, California 1994-1998 When Meta-Refl ection Creates Radically New Possibilities for Learning and Development at School.
  • 4 Doing Collective Pasts and Futures Pedagogia da Terra in the Landless Rural Workers' Movement in Brazil, Espírito SantoInstead of an Epilogue: The Dynamics of Learning and Development as Becoming; Appendix; About the Author; Notes; References; Index.

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