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1 online resource (257 pages) |
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Routledge Library Editions: Education |
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Routledge library editions. Education.
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| Contents |
THE EDUCATION INDUSTRY: W. KENNETH RICHMOND; Copyright; The Education Industry; Original Copyright; Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1. The Education Industry; 2. What Price Robbins?; 3. The Improvident Society; 4. The New York State Quality Measurement Project; 5. A Systems Approach to Educational Reform: the Swedish Example; 6. The End of Literate Man; 7. Towards a Technological Theory of Education; 8. Beyond Literacy; 9. The Advent of Educational Technology; 10. Notes and Queries on General Systems Theory; 11. Systems Engineering and Educational Planning |
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12. Educational Technology: What Is and What Might BeAPPENDIX: Memorandum on Courses of Training in Educational Technology; Index |
| Summary |
In one sense, education was always a service industry. This book examines the quality as well as the quantity of contemporary education as it answers the following questions: Are we getting value for money? What makes a good teacher? What sort of education do we want? In the UK in the twentieth century education grew while national income did not. Britain devoted more of its resources to education than any other European nation and yet the UK had the largest proportion of children leaving school at 15 and spent more on each university place than the USA. The author argues that far too littl |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203808542 |
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0203808541 |
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1280670762 |
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9781280670763 |
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