Disestablishing the School : De-Bunking Justifications for State Intervention in Education
by
James Tooley
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1859720536
ISBN-13
9781859720530
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Avebury
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 7th, 1995
Print length
172 Pages
Weight
354 grams
Product Classification:
Philosophy & theory of educationOrganization & management of education
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This book arrives at a defence of markets in educational provision, funding and regulation, through a philosophical challenge to justifications for state intervention in education.
That governments are, and will always be, involved in education, is taken for granted by the majority of educationalists. Recent market reforms are condemned, because they appear to undermine state intervention in education. But are justifications for state intervention in education philosophically sound? Is the attack on markets justified? In Disestablishing the School, Dr Tooley explores these issues, setting recent educational policy debates in the broader context of debates in moral and political philosophy, and philosophy of economics. Topical issues to do with equality of opportunity, education for democracy, education for autonomy, democratic control of the curriculum, and education as a public good are examined. None of these survive as a critique of markets in education, nor as a justification for state intervention in education. In undermining these arguments, Dr Tooley argues that the case for the disestablishment of the school, for the separation of school and state, can be philosophically sustained.
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