Capitalist schools : explanation and ethics in radical studies of schooling
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Capitalist schools : explanation and ethics in radical studies of schooling
(Critical social thought / series editor, Michael W. Apple)
Routledge, 1988
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Note
Bibliography: p. 175-198
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this study Daniel Lister assesses the radical critiques of state schooling in America and criticises reliance on functional explanations to articulate the connection between schools and society. This book should be of interest to lecturers and students in the sociology of education, educational policy and curriculum research.
Table of Contents
1. Studying Schools and Assessing Theories 2. Theoretical Debates and Explanatory Claims 3. The Logic and Assessment of Functional Explanations 4. Is there a Selective Tradition? 5. Ethical Values and Marxist Educational Critiques 6. Ethical Values and Marxist Educational Prescriptions 7. Explanatory Projects and Ethical Values.
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