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.