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The Schooled Society

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

The Schooled Society

By David Baker

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About the book

Only 150 years ago, the majority of the world's population was largely illiterate. Today, not only do most people over fifteen have basic reading and writing skills, but 20 percent of the population attends some form of higher education. What are the effects of such radical, large-scale change? David Baker argues that the education revolution has transformed our world into a schooled society-that is, a society that is actively created and defined by education. Drawing on neo-institutionalism, Th...Show more

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9780804790475

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Published year

2014

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1

Original title

The Schooled Society

Format

Paperback

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