1st Edition
Economization of Education Human Capital, Global Corporations, Skills-Based Schooling
By Joel Spring
Copyright 2015
168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this timely, cogent analysis of trends and powerful forces shaping global educational policy today, Joel Spring focuses on how economization is making economic growth and increased productivity the main goals of schools, and the ways these goals are achieved—including measuring educational policies by their costs and economic benefits, shaping family life to ensure productive workers and... Read more
Chapter 1 Economization and Corporatization of Education. Chapter 2 OECD: The Economization of Test Scores. Chapter 3 Skills: The New Global Currency. Chapter 4 World Bank: “Our Dream Is a World Free of Poverty”. Chapter 5 The World Economic Forum: Partnerships and Entrepreneurship Education for Global Businesses. Chapter 6 Economization of the Family and Childhood: Educating the Corporate Personality. Chapter 7 The Confluence of Business Interests, Economic Theories, Governments and Educators: Go to School to Learn Job Skills.
Biography
Joel Spring is Professor at Queens College/City University of New York and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA.
