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Illusions of Equality (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 7)

by David Cooper

  • Paperback
  • 192 pages
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • 13.8 x 21.6 x 1.1 cm

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Educational policy and discussion, in Britain and the USA, are increasingly dominated by the confused ideology of egalitarianism. David E. Cooper begins by identifying the principles hidden among the confusions, and argues that these necessarily conflict with the ideal of educational excellence - in which conflict it is this ideal that must be preserved. He goes on to criticize the use of education as a tool for promoting wider social equality, focussing especially on the muddles surrounding 'equal opportunities', 'social mix' and 'reverse discrimination'. Further chapters criticize the 'new egalitarianism' favoured, on epistemological grounds, by various sociologists of knowledge in recent years and 'cultural egalitarianism' according to which standard criteria of educational value merely reflect parochial and economic interests.
Illusions of Equality (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 7) and Illusions of Equality (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 7)
Illusions of Equality (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 7)Illusions of Equality (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 7)

  • Author

    David Cooper

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Taylor & Francis Ltd

  • Published

    July 2012

  • Weight

    360g

  • Page Count

    192

  • Dimensions

    13.8 x 21.6 x 1.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780415655095

  • ISBN-10

    0415655099

  • Eden Code

    4572753

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