ISBN:
9781137549600
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 281 pages
,
22 cm
DDC:
306.43
Keywords:
Education and globalization
;
Education and globalization
;
Elite
;
Globalisierung
Abstract:
Elite schools have always been social choreographers par excellence, putting together highly dexterous performances as they stage and restage changing relations of ruling. They are adept at aligning their social choreographies to shifting historical conditions and cultural tastes. In multiple theatres, they now regularly rehearse the irregular art of being global. Elite schools around the world are positioned at the intersecting pinnacles of various scales, systems and regimes of social, cultural, political and economic power. They illustrate how various modalities of power are enjoyed and put to work, and how educational and social inequalities are shaped and shifted. They, thus, speak to the social zeitgeist. This book dissects this intricate choreography. - From back cover
Abstract:
Introduction -- Little England's 'Public Schools' -- Colonialism, Capitalism and Christianity -- Mobilizing the Past in the Changing Present -- Principal Experiments on the Global Stage -- Curriculum Contestations -- Students on the Move -- The Art of Privilege -- Conclusion: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-268) and index
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