Beschreibung:
This review of research in school choice adapts Sen's theory of Capability developing a more complex theoretical framework for understanding education markets. This gives those most affected by the perceived failure of public education a better explication of the tension between the rhetoric of public good and the reality of everyday disadvantage.
This review of research in school choice adapts Sen's theory of Capability developing a more complex theoretical framework for understanding education markets. This gives those most affected by the perceived failure of public education a better explication of the tension between the rhetoric of public good and the reality of everyday disadvantage.
List of Tables and Figures Preface: PART 1: SCHOOL CHOICE, GLOBALIZATION AND THE COMMODIFICATION OF EDUCATION: CHOOSERS AND LOSERS School Choice: An Overview School Choice and Transition School Choice and Globalization School Choice and Marketisation School Choice, Competition and Performance Actualising Choice in Schools and Communities PART 2: ADAPTING SEN'S THEORY OF CAPABILITY TO EDUCATION Well-Being and Capability Utility and Functionings Aggregation and Evaluation Asset-Mapping Bibliography and Further Reading Index