Building knowledge cultures : education and development in the age of knowledge capitalism

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Building knowledge cultures : education and development in the age of knowledge capitalism

Michael A. Peters with A.C. (Tina) Besley

(Critical education policy and politics / series editor, Michael A. Peters)

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2006

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Some copies imperfect: p. 226 wanting

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-214) and index

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Description

This book develops the notion of 'knowledge cultures' as a basis for understanding the possibilities of education and development in the age of knowledge capitalism. 'Knowledge cultures' refers to the cultural preconditions in the new production of knowledge and their basis in shared practices, embodying preferred ways of doing things often developed over many generations. These practices also point to the way in which cultures have different repertoires of representational and non-representational forms of knowing. The book discusses knowledge cultures in relation to claims for the new economy, as well as cultural economy and the politics of postmodernity. It focuses on national policy constructions of the knowledge economy, 'fast knowledge' and the role of the so-called 'new pedagogy' and social learning under these conditions.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Cultural Knowledge Economy: Education, the New Economy and the Communicative Turn Chapter 2 The Politics of Postmodernity and the Promise of Education Chapter 3 Education Policy in the Age of Knowledge Capitalism Chapter 4 National Policy Constructions of the 'Knowledge Economy': Towards a Critique Chapter 5 Classical Political Economy and the Role of Universities in the New Knowledge Economy Chapter 6 The Theatre of Fast Knowledge: Performative Epistemologies Chapter 7 The New Pedagogy and Social Learning: Current Pedagogic Research and Practice Chapter 8 Theorising Educational Practices: The Politico-Ethical Choices Chapter 9 Knowledge Networks, Innovation and Development: Education After Modernization Chapter 10 Educational Policy Futures

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