Education! Education! Education!

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The essays in this book criticise the new positivism in education policy, whereby education is systematically reduced to those things that can be measured by so-called 'objective' tests. School curricula have been narrowed with an emphasis on measurable results in the 3 R's and the 'quality’ of university departments is now assessed by managerial exercises based on commercial audit practice. As a result, the traditional notion of liberal arts education has been replaced by utilitarian productivity indices.
Source: The Tablet

"This book is a call for discernment... and finally it is a call to action."

Source: Journal of Applied Philosophy

"A biting collection of essays."

Source: Network

"Raises issues that should be widely debated in the media and which should inform educational manifestos for the next election."

Source: Educational Review

Credit: Mike Cole

"The first thing that struck me was the diverse range of contributors [divided between 'old-school Tories' and those of a more liberal persuasion], united however in their disdain for the new positivism in education policy."

Source: The European Legacy

Credit: Liviu Drugus

"1977 British slogan on the cover — 'Education! Education! Education!' — is a challenge for any professor. Stephen Prickett, one of editors, sadly notes: 'Each new measure, even as it is announced, subtly reinforces the opposite message: that teaching is a low-status profession, prepared to take almost anyone prepared to stand in front of a class'."
Paperback
- Publication Date: 30 May 2002
- ISBN-13: 9780907845362
- Extent: Main content page count : 250
- Code: 907845363
- Dimensions: 13.5 x 21 x 2 cm
- Weight: 400 grams
- List Price: £17.95
- ONIX Version 2.1, Version 3

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Title: Education! Education! Education!
Subtitle: Managerial Ethics and the Law of Unintended Consequences
Edited by: Stephen Prickett, Patricia Erskine-Hill
Language: English
Publisher: Imprint Academic
Imprint: Imprint Academic

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