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Meritocratic Education and Social Worthlessness

By:Khen Lampert
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137324887
eText ISBN:9781137324894
Edition:0
Copyright:2013
Format:Reflowable

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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, resulting in many students feeling socially worthless.