Overview
- This work circumscribes not only higher education but also basic education, professional education and policies of science, technology and technological innovation
- The book deepens theoretical and methodological aspects of the financialization of education in the context of the development model adopted in Latin America, particularly in Brazil
- The texts in this book do not compose a simple selection: the questions that guide the chapters form a structured totality with cohesion and coherence, which expresses the movement of construction of what the research group understands to be a new problematic in education field, in Brazil and in the world
Part of the book series: Comparative and International Education: A Diversity of Voices (CIEDV)
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About this book
The book addresses basic, professional and undergraduate education from perspectives that highlight different aspects of privatization, commercialization and commodification, as well as the presence of the business community in the definition of educational policies. These levels and modalities of teaching are analysed in articulation both with science, technology and so-called technological innovation policies and with the modus operandi of the state.
“This is a book that should be read by teachers, administrators and all global citizens who have a stake in the future of the planet. Unlike many books by authors from the United States whoattack poverty and economic inequality without critiquing capitalism, this book has the courage to challenge capitalism at its very roots. Capitalism connects us all and it will require all of us to dismantle capitalism and replace it with a socialist alternative. Commodifying Education reveals how education in Brazil is inextricably entangled in the logic and practice of economic fascism, which goes under many names, such as austerity capitalism and neoliberal capitalism. I urge educators everywhere to engage the lucid arguments presented in this important work.” – Peter McLaren, Distinguished Professor in Critical Studies, Chapman University, and author of Pedagogy of Insurrection"
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Commodifying Education
Book Subtitle: Theoretical and Methodological Aspects of Financialization of Education Policies in Brazil
Editors: Roberto Leher, Inny Accioly
Series Title: Comparative and International Education: A Diversity of Voices
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-582-1
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-582-1Published: 25 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2214-9880
Series E-ISSN: 2214-9899
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 124
Topics: Education, general