Neo-Liberalism, Globalization and Human Capital Learning Reclaiming Education for Democratic Citizenship /

• Main Authors: Hyslop-Margison, Emery J. (Author), Sears, Alan M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Subjects: Education.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Curriculum Studies.; Philosophy of Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Professional & Vocational Education.

Throughout the world, neoliberalism functions to decouple learning from the most important elements of civic education, transforming education into training and students into consumers. Neoliberalism, Globalization, and Human Capital Learning is an enormously important book that reveals in painstaki...

Table of Contents:

• Neo-Liberalism, Ideology and Education
• Democracy, Citizenship and Social Equality
• Principles of Democratic Learning
• A Conceptual Framework for Democratic Learning
• Critical Thinking and Democratic Virtues.