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Meritocratic education and social worthlessness

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Meritocratic education and social worthlessness/ Khen Lampert.
Author:	Lampert, Khen.
Published:	Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan, : 2012.,
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	Academic achievement. -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137324894
ISBN:	9781137324894 (electronic bk.)

Meritocratic education and social worthlessness
Lampert, Khen.

Meritocratic education and social worthlessness[electronic resource] /Khen Lampert. - Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan,2012. - 1 online resource.

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.

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.

ISBN: 9781137324894 (electronic bk.)

Source: 664745Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

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Academic achievement.
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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: LB1062.6 / .L36 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 370.15

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