The State and the Politics of KnowledgeThe State and the Politics of Knowledge extends the insightful arguments Michael Apple provided in Educating the "Right" Way in new and truly international directions. Arguing that schooling is, by definition, political, Apple and his co-authors move beyond a critical analysis to describe numerous ways of interrupting dominance and creating truly democratic and realistic alternatives to the ways markets, standards, testing, and a limited vision of religion are now being pressed into schools. |
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... participants come from South Africa, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Jamaica, Brazil, India, Portugal, New Zealand, and from various parts of the United States. Their insistence that we all think internationally provided much of the impetus ...
... participants come from South Africa, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Jamaica, Brazil, India, Portugal, New Zealand, and from various parts of the United States. Their insistence that we all think internationally provided much of the impetus ...
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... participate. The subject position on offer for most people is that of "voter." Any other participation is left to "voluntary" action, such as fund-raising through the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA). Or think of neoliberal policies ...
... participate. The subject position on offer for most people is that of "voter." Any other participation is left to "voluntary" action, such as fund-raising through the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA). Or think of neoliberal policies ...
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... However, the fact that market societies such as our own have a strong tendency to destabilize values that are productive of ethical commitments and a sense of collective participation does not mean that Michael W. Apple 15.
... However, the fact that market societies such as our own have a strong tendency to destabilize values that are productive of ethical commitments and a sense of collective participation does not mean that Michael W. Apple 15.
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Michael W. Apple. and a sense of collective participation does not mean that it is impossible to build such commitments and collectivities inside and/or outside education. Once again, remembering the circuit of production, the ...
Michael W. Apple. and a sense of collective participation does not mean that it is impossible to build such commitments and collectivities inside and/or outside education. Once again, remembering the circuit of production, the ...
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... participate in national and international movements that are deeply committed to a politics of both redistribution and recognition? Who are the "we" and the "us" in the first place? ls it possible to build counterhege- monic movements ...
... participate in national and international movements that are deeply committed to a politics of both redistribution and recognition? Who are the "we" and the "us" in the first place? ls it possible to build counterhege- monic movements ...
Contents
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Becoming Right Education and the Formation of Conservative Movements | 25 |
Reading Polynesian Barbie Iterations of Race Nation and State | 51 |
Rethinking the EducationState Formation Connection The State Cultural Struggles and Changing the School | 81 |
What Happened to SocialDemocratic Progressivism in Scandinavia? Restructuring Education in Sweden and Norway in the 1990s | 109 |
Schooling Work and Subjectivity | 149 |
Democracy Technology and Curriculum Lessons from the Critical Practices of Korean Teachers | 177 |
Educating the State Democratizing Knowledge The Citizen School Project in Porto Alegre Brazil | 193 |
Afterword | 221 |
Notes | 227 |
References | 235 |
Contributors | 251 |
Index | 253 |
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