Eric J. Weiner

Private Learning, Public Needs

The Neoliberal Assault on Democratic Education

Buch

Private Learning, Public Needs looks at the devastating effects neoliberal globalization continues to have on education, schooling, and literacy development in the United States. As a global phenomenon, neoliberalism's power lies in its ability to transcend national, regional, and local borders, and to manufacture a discourse of needs, thus affecting how education, schooling, and literacy are theorized and practiced. From the effects of whole school reform and the ideological investment of positivism, to the economic reduction of schooling and literacy development, this book expresses how neoliberal globalization reinforces state power while… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Steinberg, Shirley R. (Hrsg.) / Kincheloe, Joe L. (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-8204-6200-4
EAN: 9780820462004
Produktnummer: 19042087
Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Seitenangabe: 179 S.
Masse: H15.4 cm x B22.9 cm x D1.3 cm 266 g
Gewicht: 266
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

The Author: Eric J. Weiner received his Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from Pennsylvania State University. Currently he is Assistant Professor at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey, where he teaches courses in critical thinking and literacy, adult education, critical social theory, and media literacy. He has published several articles on literacy, critical pedagogy, and social theory.