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Education Technology and the Failure of American Schools offers a broad and penetrating look at the American educational system to determine why progress is so lacking. What is found is a system that has far outlived its functionality in terms of governance, organization, and professional practices.

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Dueck demonstrates that politicians are a core part of the education systems problem because of their predilection for siding with power structures in society, namely unions and teachers rather than the clients of their servicesthe students.

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Dueck demonstrates that politicians are a core part of the education systems problem because of their predilection for siding with power structures in society, namely unions and teachers rather than the clients of their servicesthe students.

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Identifies the place that education has been assigned in the national development programmes of a varied selection of nations - large and small, capitalist and socialist, industrialized and agrarian, Eastern and Western, Northern and Southern.

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Viewing Malta as a case study, this volume sheds light on the functioning of an educational system in a developing nation, demonstrates education's role in improving a nation's socioeconomic system, and supports economic theories that maintain that investment in education is a natural tool for economic development.

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Drawing on international research in numerous countries, including Thailand, India, Afghanistan, Lebanon and the UK, this title considers, conceptually and empirically, the provision of education to aid and aid agencies, analyzing the internal and external factors affecting educational provision during and after emergencies.

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Presents a commentary on democracy in education, and the macro- and micro-political discourses which permit and prohibit this. This book explores key themes such as the struggle for democracy in schools and society, and the relationships between the processes of schooling and the preparation of the workforce in advanced capitalist societies.

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Original edited collection taking a hermeneutical approach to pedagogy and the philosophy of education.

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Drawing together eight original chapters written by scholars in the field of hermeneutics, this title takes variety of principles and themes from philosophical hermeneutics, drawing on insights from major figures such as Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur, and applies them to issues in education and the philosophy of education.

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An exploration of how the issues of extremism and terrorism should be addressed and taught in schools. It is suitable for students studying education at undergraduate and postgraduate level looking to engage with the philosophical, sociological and political issues discussed and the resulting curriculum and pedagogical debates.

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An exploration of how the issues of extremism and terrorism should be addressed and taught in schools. It is suitable for students studying education at undergraduate and postgraduate level looking to engage with the philosophical, sociological and political issues discussed and the resulting curriculum and pedagogical debates.

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Provides a critical introduction to the work of Paulo Freire.

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This work describes the increased importance and centralization of government involvement in education. It argues that government's education policies tend to be pulled in contradictory ways - on the one hand, very directive initiatives, on the other hand and openess to market forces.

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Explores the socio-economic and policy context of education in advanced capitalist societies and indicates the manner in which the rhetoric of policy makers distorts the way in which skill is marshalled in the economy. This work examines the experiences of teachers and students in post-compulsory education.

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James Avis argues that post-compulsory education policy provides opportunities for a progressive and radical transformation of the theory and practice of working relationships.