How to succeed in school without really learning

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David Labaree claims that by thinking of education primarily as the route to individual advancement, we are defining it as a private good - a means of gaining a competitive advantage over other people. He endorses an alternative vision, one that defines education as a public good, providing society with benefits that can be collectively shared - for example, by producing citizens who are politically responsible and workers who are economically productive.

subjects: Social aspects of Teaching,  Educational equalization,  Aims and objectives,  Social mobility,  Social aspects,  School management and organization,  Secondary Education,  Training of,  Teachers,  Teaching,  Education,  School credits,  Education, aims and objectives,  Education, united states,  Education, philosophy,  Teachers, training of, united states,  Social mobility, united states

Places: United States